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  • Title: [Hemophagocytic syndrome in two elderly men].
    Author: Nakase T, Morita K, Tomeoku M, Katou M.
    Journal: Rinsho Ketsueki; 1990 Feb; 31(2):258-9. PubMed ID: 2329691.
    Abstract:
    Case 1: A 68-year-old male, who was admitted to our hospital because of massive intestinal bleeding, died 1 day after admission. Case 2: An 80-year-old male, who was admitted to our hospital because of a loss of consciousness, died 4 days after admission. In both cases prodromic infection was not detected. At autopsy, phagocytosis of RBC and WBC by histiocytes was shown markedly in the spleen in case 1 and in the bone marrow in case 2. So diagnosis of virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome was made. It might be related to some underlying immunologic derangement, because both cases were in advanced age.
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