Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus

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Keywords:

Linfohistiocitosis Hemofagocítica, Linfoma Hodgkin, VIH, Brentuximab Vedotin.

Abstract

Introduction: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a severe hyperinflammatory syndrome due to abnormal activation of macrophages and cytotoxic T lymphocytes. It can be primary or secondary to infections, tumors, autoimmune or autoinflammatory diseases.

Objetive: To consider hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as a differential diagnosis in patients with sepsis to establish early management, reducing morbidity and mortality.

Case report: A 31-year-old male patient with diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus, consulted for continuous fever, nocturnal diaphoresis, hepatosplenomegaly, bicytopenia (anemia and thrombocytopenia), and mediastinal, retroperitoneal and left axillary lymphadenopathies. In paraclinic studies Hodgkin's lymphoma, nodular sclerosis variant was confirmed and after a torpid evolution, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to neoplasia was confirmed. He received treatment with brentuximab vedotin and glucocorticoids, achieving remission.

Discussion: In people living with diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is secondary to infections and, to a lesser extent, malignancies predominantly hematological.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Duque Restrepo, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.

Aspirante a especialista en medicina interna

Melissa Pacheco Anillo, Hospital La María, Medellín, Colombia.

Bacterióloga especialista y magister en microbiología

Paula Andrea Fonseca Zuluaga, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.

Aspirante a especialista en medicina interna

Juan Guillermo Rifaldo Ceballos, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.

Aspirante a especialista en medicina interna

Willian Almir Castellanos Olarte, Hospital Manuel Uribe Ángel Envigado, Colombia.

Médico Internista Hematólogo

Published

2025-08-13

How to Cite

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Duque Restrepo D, Pacheco Anillo M, Fonseca Zuluaga PA, Rifaldo Ceballos JG, Castellanos Olarte WA. Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [Internet]. 2025 Aug. 13 [cited 2025 Aug. 15];41. Available from: https://revhematologia.sld.cu/index.php/hih/article/view/1902

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HEMATOLOGÍA