CASE-REPORT - REACTIVE HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME-ASSOCIATED WITH DISSEMINATED STRONGYLOIDIASIS

The reactive hemophagocytic syndrome is a condition characterized by s ystemic proliferation of benign hemophagocytic histiocytes, fever, cyt openia, abnormal liver function, and frequently coagulopathy and hepat osplenomegaly. Its occurrence has been documented in association with viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections; a wide spectrum of malignant neoplasms; some miscellaneous disorders; and phenytoin, Dis seminated strongyloidiasis is reported in a patient with systemic lupu s erythematosus treated with corticosteroids in whom a reactive hemoph agocytic syndrome developed and who finally died. This reactive hemoph agocytic syndrome is reported for the first time in strongyloidiasis a nd may not have been recognized in former reports.