Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in leprosy

A patient from Southeast Asia was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. One year later, she experienced exacerbation of skin lesions and was diagnosed with erythema nodosum leprosum. Upon treatment, the patient developed hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with multi-organ failure and died fro...

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Published inLeprosy review Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 403 - 406
Main Authors Høyvoll, Liv R, Fløisand, Yngvar, Orrem, Hilde Lang, Gunnarsson, Ragnar, Landrø, Linn, Brevig, Trine, Gaustad, Peter, Nordøy, Ingvild
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Leprosy Relief Association 01.12.2015
Subjects
Adult
Care and treatment
Diagnosis
Erythema nodosum
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Leprosy
Leprosy - complications
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic - etiology
Risk factors
Skin lesions
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Southeast Asia
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Summary:A patient from Southeast Asia was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. One year later, she experienced exacerbation of skin lesions and was diagnosed with erythema nodosum leprosum. Upon treatment, the patient developed hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with multi-organ failure and died from invasive fungal infection. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis has to our knowledge, not previously been reported in leprosy.
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ISSN:0305-7518
2162-8807
2162-8807
DOI:10.47276/lr.86.4.403