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Haemophagocytosis in early congenital syphilis
M Pohl1, C M Niemeyer, R Hentschel
1University Children's Hospital, Freiburg, Germany.
European Journal of Pediatrics
|July 21, 1999
Abstract
Unlabelled:
A previously healthy male infant developed hepatosplenomegaly, severe anaemia and thrombocytopenia 5 weeks after birth. Marked haemophagocytosis was present in the bone marrow. A typical maculopapular rash suggested early congenital syphilis. The diagnosis was confirmed by serology and by the presence of untreated syphilis in both parents.
Conclusion:
Syphilis needs to be excluded in infants suspected of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.