Blood Res 2020; 55(3):
Published online September 30, 2020
https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2020.2020134
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Correspondence to : Soma Pradhan, M.D., Department of Hematology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110060, India
E-mail: drsomapradhan21@gmail.com
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A 15-year-old female from Uttar Pradesh, India presented to pediatric emergency unit with bilateral joint pain, breathlessness, multiple necrotic skin lesions, and a six-month history of intermittent fever. On examination, she had multiple maculopapular lesions over her whole body and hepatosplenomegaly. Earlier investigations revealed pancytopenia. We considered a clinical diagnosis of lupus. Complete blood count showed hemoglobin 8.5 g/dL, total leucocyte count was 2,220/μL, platelets were 108,000/μL, and the absolute neutrophil count was 1,887/μL. The peripheral blood smear revealed occasional monocytic-macrophage lineage cells with engulfed yeast-like forms of
Blood Res 2020; 55(3): 129-129
Published online September 30, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2020.2020134
Copyright © The Korean Society of Hematology.
Richa Chauhan1, Soma Pradhan1, Jyoti Kotwal1, Kunal Chawla2, Manas Kalra3, Anupam Sachdev3
Departments of 1Hematology, 2Medicine, and 3Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence to:Soma Pradhan, M.D., Department of Hematology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110060, India
E-mail: drsomapradhan21@gmail.com
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
A 15-year-old female from Uttar Pradesh, India presented to pediatric emergency unit with bilateral joint pain, breathlessness, multiple necrotic skin lesions, and a six-month history of intermittent fever. On examination, she had multiple maculopapular lesions over her whole body and hepatosplenomegaly. Earlier investigations revealed pancytopenia. We considered a clinical diagnosis of lupus. Complete blood count showed hemoglobin 8.5 g/dL, total leucocyte count was 2,220/μL, platelets were 108,000/μL, and the absolute neutrophil count was 1,887/μL. The peripheral blood smear revealed occasional monocytic-macrophage lineage cells with engulfed yeast-like forms of