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An unusual cause of ascites: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Mustafa Akçama, Reha Artan, Aygen Yılmaz, Bahar Akkaya
- aDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya,Turkey. makcam@sdu.edu.tr
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Abstract
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is character-ized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, hyper-triglyceridemia, hypofibrinogenemia, and hemophago-cytosis. Ascites is not mentioned as a symptom of hemophagocytic syndrome. We report a one month-old girl suffering from familial erythrophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis, who presented with ascites.