Doğan Vehbi, Karaaslan Erhan, Özer Samet, Gümüşer Rüveyda, Yılmaz Resul
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Department of Pediatrics, Gaziosmanpaşa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
Balkan Med J. 2016 Jul;33(4):470-2. doi: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.150371. Epub 2016 Jul 1.
Kawasaki disease is a systemic vasculitis predominately affecting coronary arteries. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis can complicate the course of Kawasaki disease. Rare cases of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis occurring during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease have been reported.
We report here a 4 month-old girl with diffuse coronary ectasia and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis occurring during the acute phase of incomplete Kawasaki disease.
Due to the large overlap in clinical symptoms, the presence of atypical findings for Kawasaki disease should suggest the possible diagnosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in these patients.
川崎病是一种主要影响冠状动脉的全身性血管炎。噬血细胞性淋巴组织细胞增生症可使川崎病病程复杂化。已有报道称在川崎病急性期出现罕见的继发性噬血细胞性淋巴组织细胞增生症病例。
我们在此报告一名4个月大的女童,患有弥漫性冠状动脉扩张,并在不完全性川崎病急性期出现继发性噬血细胞性淋巴组织细胞增生症。
由于临床症状有很大重叠,川崎病非典型表现的存在应提示这些患者可能诊断为噬血细胞性淋巴组织细胞增生症。