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Update in Hyperferritinemic Syndromes: Recognition and Management - A Scoping Review

Brown Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2022
Elevated serum ferritin is a marker of macrophage activation and is associated with increased mortality. The hyperferritinemic syndromes which include hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), catastrophic ...
Athanasios Vassilopoulos, Winston McCormick, Alisha Lakhani   +2 more
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Adult-Onset Still’s Disease Presenting as Macrophage-Activation Syndrome With Critical Illness in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy: A Case Report

Critical Care Explorations, 2021
BACKGROUND:. We report a case of a young woman with adult-onset Still’s disease presenting as macrophage-activation syndrome complicated by shock and respiratory failure during the third trimester of pregnancy. CASE SUMMARY:. A previously healthy 26-year-
Andrew T. Peters, MD, Michelle H. Prickett, MD   +1 more
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Oral Etoposide for Dengue Induced Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Presented as Acute Liver Failure [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Dengue fever is not an uncommon arboviral infection in lieu of tropical geography. The gravity of the disease ranges from an Outpatient Department (OPD) visits for febrile illness to haemorrhagic complications like shock. Hereby, authors report a case of
Bharat Patodiya, Souwmya Iyengar, Padaki Nagaraja Rao, Anuradha Sekaran, Duvvu Nageshwar Reddy Reddy   +4 more
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The Role of Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
Macrophages are cells that mediate both innate and adaptive immunity reactions, playing a major role in both physiological and pathological processes.
Anna Kosyreva, Anna Kosyreva, Dzhuliia Dzhalilova, Anastasia Lokhonina, Anastasia Lokhonina, Polina Vishnyakova, Polina Vishnyakova, Timur Fatkhudinov, Timur Fatkhudinov   +8 more
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Macrophage Activation Syndrome secondary to Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Case Report

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021
Macrophage activation syndrome is a rare but a life threatening condition commonly associated with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Its clinical presentation includes fever, hepatosplenomegaly, hypertriglyceridemia, hypofibrinogenemia ...
Rishikesh Kafle, Anwesh Bhatta, Sumit Gami, Abhin Sapkota, Dipesh Sharma, Arabindra Yadav, Vijaya Kumar Chikanbanjar   +6 more
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Síndrome de ativação macrofágica associada com artrite idiopática juvenil sistêmica Macrophage activation syndrome associated with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Jornal de Pediatria, 2004
OBJETIVO: Descrever as características da síndrome de ativação macrofágica associada a artrite idiopática juvenil. DESCRIÇÃO DOS CASOS: Foram analisados retrospectivamente os prontuários de 462 pacientes com artrite idiopática juvenil. Destes, sete (1,5%)
Clovis Artur A. Silva, Carlos Henrique M. Silva, Tereza Cristina M. V. Robazzi, Ana Paola N. Lotito, Alfredo Mendroni Junior, Cristina M. A. Jacob, Maria Helena B. Kiss   +6 more
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Neuropathology in COVID-19 autopsies is defined by microglial activation and lesions of the white matter with emphasis in cerebellar and brain stem areas

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
IntroductionThis study aimed to investigate microglial and macrophage activation in 17 patients who died in the context of a COVID-19 infection in 2020 and 2021.MethodsThrough immunohistochemical analysis, the lysosomal marker CD68 was used to detect ...
Julian A. Stein, Manuel Kaes, Sigrun Smola, Sigrun Smola, Walter J. Schulz-Schaeffer   +4 more
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Gastrointestinal system involvement characteristics in Covid -19 patients

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To evaluate the involvement of gastrointestinal tract features in patients of coronavirus disease-2019, and to analyse the effects of these features on the development of critical illness, macrophage activation syndrome and mortalit Method:
Halil Atasoy, Vehbi Urcar
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Macrophage activation syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus - a case report

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening condition that results from the immune system hyperactivation. The primary form of HLH appears mainly in children and is caused by a genetically determined failure of NK and T cells ...
Maciej Rogala, Karol Lorenc, Klaudia Jabłońska, Michał Kuc, Olga Bielawska, Tomasz Łoś, Kamila Giżewska, Marta Gulbicka   +7 more
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Acute Heart Failure in the Course of Macrophage Activation Syndrome Due to Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Case Presentation and Literature Review

Medicina
Macrophage activation syndrome is an uncommon yet dangerous and potentially fatal complication of many rheumatic diseases, inducing multiple organ failure, including, although rarely, acute heart failure. In the following paper, we present a case of a 37-
Jakub Kuna, Grzegorz Chmielewski, Łukasz Jaśkiewicz, Magdalena Krajewska-Włodarczyk   +3 more
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