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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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Hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to cytomegalovirus infection in an infant
Anshu Gupta1, Rajiv Sen2, Charu Batra2, Dipankar Banerjee1, Anjali Gupta2, Medha Jain1
1 Department of Pathology and Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology and Obstretics and Gynaecology, Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India
Correspondence Address:
Anshu Gupta
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India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.76949
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Virus associated hemophagocytic syndrome is a non-neoplastic, generalized histiocytic proliferation with prominent hemophagocytosis associated with a systemic viral infection. We report a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) associated hemophagocytic syndrome in a 2 month old male child presenting with rashes, fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cervical lymphadenopathy and pancytopenia. Fine needle aspiration cytology and biopsy from cervical lymph nodes revealed prominent hemophagocytosis. Serology for CMV IgM was positive in both the mother and the child, suggesting recent infection. Possibly there was intrauterine transmission of the infection. |
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