Suresh Natarajan, Uppuluri Ramya, Geetha J, Vasanthi Thiruvengadam, Scott Julius Xavier
Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital & The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, 12-A, Nageswara Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, 600034 Tamil Nadu India.
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2014 Sep;30(Suppl 1):135-7. doi: 10.1007/s12288-013-0291-y. Epub 2013 Aug 23.
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) association with an underlying lymphoma is an uncommon entity in paediatrics. It may precede lymphoma diagnosis by several years or may occur at the time of remission or relapse of lymphoma. Simultaneous occurrence of HLH & lymphoma is rare. We here with report a case where HLH was the initial presentation which masked the diagnosis of lymphoma, however tissue biopsy revealed the underlying non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.