Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Associated Haemophagocytic Syndrome

Lorenza Torti; Luigi M Larocca; Giuseppina Massini; Annarosa Cuccaro; Elena Maiolo; Rosaria Santangelo; Maria Bianchi; Mariano Alberto Pennisi; Stefan Hohaus; Luciana Teofili

doi:10.4084/MJHID.2012.008

Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Associated Haemophagocytic Syndrome

Lorenza Torti
, Luigi M Larocca
, Giuseppina Massini
, Annarosa Cuccaro
, Elena Maiolo
, Rosaria Santangelo
, Maria Bianchi
, Mariano Alberto Pennisi
, Stefan Hohaus
, Luciana Teofili^*

^*Corresponding author

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We describe the case of a 17- year old female who developed fatal haemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) one month following acute infection caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Despite initiation of treatment and reduction of EBV load, laboratory signs of HPS as severe cytopenia, hypofibrinogenemia, hyperferritinemia and hypertriglyceridemia persisted, and the patient died of multiorgan failure. HPS is a rare, but life-threatening complication of EBV infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	N/A-N/A
Journal	Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2012.008
Publication status	Published - 2012

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