Open AccessPurpuric rash in an adolescent with fever, pancytopenia, and an hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis‐like syndrome due to parvovirus B19
Author(s) -
Koliou Maria,
Tryfonos Anna,
Charalambous Myria
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3335
Subject(s) - medicine , pancytopenia , parvovirus , rash , hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis , erythema infectiosum , dermatology , immunology , purpura (gastropod) , virology , pediatrics , virus , parvoviridae , pathology , bone marrow , disease , ecology , biology
A rare case of parvovirus B19 infection associated with fever, hemorrhagic rash, and a clinical course resembling an incomplete HLH syndrome is presented. Parvovirus B19 should be included in the evaluation of febrile purpura and HLH‐like syndrome.