FUENTE: UPTODATE Clinical manifestations and treatment of Epstein-Barr virus infection Author John L Sullivan, MD Sección Complicaciones de la infección por VEB. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis — EBV is one of the recognized initiating causes of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a potentially fatal genetic disorder characterized pathologically by generalized histiocytic proliferation and hemophagocytosis (picture 3) [23]. Patients with this unusual syndrome present with fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, hepatitis, pancytopenia and coagulopathy. T cell proliferation is a primary feature of HLH. The pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of this disorder are discussed in detail elsewhere. (See "Treatment and prognosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis".
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