Erschienen in:
21.12.2015 | Case Report
Cytokine and viral load kinetics in human herpesvirus 8-associated multicentric Castleman’s disease complicated by hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
verfasst von:
Timo C. E. Zondag, Casper Rokx, Kirsten van Lom, Arjan R. van den Berg, Pieter Sonneveld, Willem A. Dik, Gerard J. J. van Doornum, King H. Lam, Jan A. M. van Laar
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Hematology
|
Ausgabe 4/2016
Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten
Abstract
Human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8)-associated secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a rare but critical immuno-hematological entity in immunocompetent patients. Establishing a diagnosis is challenging as is the monitoring of disease activity and therapeutic effects. We report a case of a HHV-8-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a HIV-negative adult patient with multicentric Castleman’s disease. As a novel finding, we report the use of certain inflammatory parameters, primarily interleukin-10 combined with viral load monitoring of the causative infectious agent in this case HHV-8 to monitor the clinical course of the hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in the setting of bacterial septic complications.