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Pancytopenia induced by secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A rare, overlooked dreadful complication of Plasmodium vivax
Sonam Sharma1, Leelavathi Dawson2
1 Department of Pathology, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal, Haryana, India
2 Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Sonam Sharma
Department of Pathology, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal, Haryana
India
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DOI: 10.4103/tp.TP_44_19 
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an unusual multifaceted clinicopathological entity that often remains misdiagnosed and can be fatal if not timely detected or treated. It can be familial or associated with different types of infections, autoimmune disorders, and malignancies. Parasitic infection-associated HLH has been rarely documented in the literature with only a handful of them being reported due to Plasmodium vivax infection. We describe an extremely rare case of pancytopenia induced by HLH resulting from P. vivax infection in a 7-year-old girl, which posed as a diagnostic challenge and led to a therapeutic delay.
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