Abstract

RUIZ, Oscar, QUINONES, Willy, MISAD, Oscar et al. Malignant histiocytosis: Case report. An. Fac. med., Oct./Dec. 2004, vol.65, no.4, p.255-259. ISSN 1025-5583.

Fourteen year-old male patient referred from Huancayo who presented one month gastric intolerance, jaundice, fever and a lymph proliferative syndrome. Laboratory tests revealed severe pancytopenia due to phagocytosis. Haematologic and anatomy-pathology diagnosis was human malignant histiocytosis. We present this case due to its low frequency and the emergency character of the disease.

Keywords: Histiocytosis, malignant; pancytopenia; hepatomegaly; splenomegaly.