Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

This is a case report with serial imaging showing progression of diffuse osteonecrosis in a patient after a diagnosis of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). While bone marrow involvement in HLH has been long noted at histological evaluation and is itself one of the diagnosis criteria...

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Main Authors: Takashi Takahashi, Jeffrey Rykken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Radiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/730719
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spelling doaj-art-25cc12cfe7604c8c913324844f9ab0602025-08-20T03:54:52ZengWileyCase Reports in Radiology2090-68622090-68702015-01-01201510.1155/2015/730719730719Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic LymphohistiocytosisTakashi Takahashi0Jeffrey Rykken1Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USADepartment of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USAThis is a case report with serial imaging showing progression of diffuse osteonecrosis in a patient after a diagnosis of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). While bone marrow involvement in HLH has been long noted at histological evaluation and is itself one of the diagnosis criteria, to the best of our knowledge, there has been no previous publication addressing osseous image findings in a patient with HLH.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/730719
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Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Case Reports in Radiology
title Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
title_full Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
title_fullStr Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
title_full_unstemmed Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
title_short Progressive Diffuse Osteonecrosis in a Patient with Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
title_sort progressive diffuse osteonecrosis in a patient with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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