J Pediatr Neurosci 2012 Sep;7(3):194-6

Spinal cord involvement in a child with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Gokce M, Balta G, Unal S, Oguz K, Cetin M, Gumruk F.
Division of Pediatric Hematology, Hacettepe Medical Faculty, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

Abstract

The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) has known to be limited to the brain, brain stem, and cerebellum. Herein, we report an 11-year-old boy who presented with neurological symptoms and was diagnosed as FHL by molecular diagnosis. The hemophagocytic lesions in the CNS were shown to extend to the thoracal level of spinal cord which completely disappeared after the completion of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis-2004 protocol.