hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis


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  • Criteria

    • Primary
      • vesicle mutations: PRF1 (perforin), UNC13D, STXBP2, RAB27A, STX11 (syntaxin11), SH2D1A, XIAP
      • r/o malignancy
    • Secondary: infection, malignancy, rheumatic disease
      • 5/8 of the following:
      • fever
      • splenomegaly
      • 2+ cytopenias: Hb < 9, plt < 100, ANC < 1
      • TG > 265 mg/dL, fibrinogen < 150 mg/dL
      • hemophagocytosis in marrow, spleen or node
      • low NK activity
      • ferritin > 500 ng/mL
      • soluble CD25/IL2R > 2400 U/mL or > 2 STD of norm