@article{Luna-Muñoz_Carhuamaca-López_Vásquez-Alva_Mattos-Villena_2022, title={Escolar de 7 años con fiebre y hepatoesplenomegalia, reporte de caso: A 7 years old girl with fever and hepatosplenomegaly, a case report}, volume={18}, url={https://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/1274}, abstractNote={<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Abstract</strong></span></div> <p>Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), is rare, is caused by a dysfunction of cellular immunity by an alteration of NK cells (primary) or by an excessive proliferation of activated (secondary) macrophages. It is characterized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, hemophagocytosis, hypertriglyceridemia and / or hypofibrinogenemia. In conclusion, in the presence of fever, hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenia, the diagnosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) should be considered.</p> <p><strong>Key words:</strong> Fever; Hepatosplenomegaly; Cytopenia. (source: MeSH NLM)</p> <p>DOI: <a>https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.v18.n1.1274</a></p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Rrsj0DZ.png" alt=""></p>}, number={1}, journal={Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana}, author={Luna-Muñoz, Consuelo and Carhuamaca-López, Gary and Vásquez-Alva, Rolando and Mattos-Villena, Erick}, year={2022}, month={May} }