A 6-year-old female patient who had an out-of-car traffic accident, head trauma, increased fever during follow-up, splenomegaly and widespread maculopapular rashes in the whole body was evaluated as secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) according to laboratory findings of anemia, neutropenia, hyperferritinemia, hypertriglyceridemia and hypofibrinogenemia. Clinical improvement was achieved with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and steroid treatments. Interleukin 1 (IL-1), interleukin 6 (IL-6),…
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