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[Sea-blue histiocyte syndrome associated with home parenteral nutrition]
1Unidad de Nutrición, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
Abstract:
A case of a 55 years-old male with long-term Crohn's disease without response to medical treatment and many intestinal fistula is presented. After the last bowel resection, home parenteral nutrition was started. He presented chronic hepatopathy and pancytopaenia. After 9 months of home parenteral nutrition hepatic function and pancytopaenia began to deteriorate. Bone marrow examination revealed an infiltrate of sea-blue histiocytes. He made unsatisfactory progress and died due to a multiorganic failure.
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