Orphanet Rare Disease Ontology

Last uploaded: December 13, 2023
Preferred Name

Hemophagocytic syndrome

Synonyms

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

HLH

Definitions

Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a rare immune disease (see this term) and a potentially life-threatening disorder characterized by cytokine storm and overwhelming inflammation causing fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperferritinemia, and hemophagocytosis in bone marrow, liver, spleen or lymph nodes. It can be either primary due to a genetic defect (primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ; see this term), or secondary to malignancies, to infections, most commonly with viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus, human immunodeficiency virus, or to autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus or adult-onset Still disease (secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis) (see these termes).

ID

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_158032

alternative_term

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

HLH

definition

Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a rare immune disease (see this term) and a potentially life-threatening disorder characterized by cytokine storm and overwhelming inflammation causing fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperferritinemia, and hemophagocytosis in bone marrow, liver, spleen or lymph nodes. It can be either primary due to a genetic defect (primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ; see this term), or secondary to malignancies, to infections, most commonly with viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus, human immunodeficiency virus, or to autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus or adult-onset Still disease (secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis) (see these termes).

definition_citation

Orphanet

expertlink

https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=en&Expert=158032

has_age_of_onset

Adolescent

Childhood

Infancy

hasDbXref

ICD-11:4A01.23

UMLS:C0024291

MedDRA:10058125

label

Hemophagocytic syndrome

notation

ORPHA:158032

Category

prefixIRI

ORDO:Orphanet_158032

prefLabel

Hemophagocytic syndrome

present_in

United Kingdom AND has_annual_incidence_average_value : 0.198 AND has_annual_incidence_range : 1-9 / 100 000

Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown

subClassOf

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_557492

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98004

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