Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with influenza A (H1N1) infection in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: An autopsy case report and review of the literature

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 477-484

  Lai, Syeling ^a,b   Merritt, Brian Y ^a   Chen, Lei ^c   Zhou, Xiaodong ^c   Green, Linda K ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pneumonitis; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Diffuse alveolar damage; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Influenza A (H1N1); Pulmonary infarction

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HEART ARREST; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LUNG; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868561761     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: 15328198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2011.03.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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