Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients with benign disease-associated HLH
| Case | Age | Sex | Cause | WBC (/μl) | ANC (/μl) | Hb (g/dl) | PLT (/μl) | AST (U/l) | ALT (U/l) | LDH (/UNL) | TG (mg/dl) | Fib (mg/dl) | CRP (mg/dl) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | 17 | M | Unknown | 2,400 | 384 | 11.0 | 6.5 | 2,090 | 2,590 | 11.8 | n.t. | 198 | 0.5 |
| B2 | 62 | F | Erythema exsudativum multiforme | 3,400 | 1,700 | 12.7 | 10.5 | 368 | 307 | 3.1 | 199 | 162 | 0.4 |
| B3 | 52 | M | Pneumonia | 2,400 | 1,176 | 13.5 | 4.2 | 427 | 328 | 4.2 | n.t. | 415 | 19.9 |
| B4 | 31 | M | CMV | 3,500 | 1,820 | 13.6 | 4.2 | 91 | 61 | 5.0 | n.t. | 478 | 23.6 |
| B5 | 50 | F | Unknown | 600 | 189 | 11.2 | 5.4 | 6,300 | 3,400 | 32.3 | 157 | 134 | 7.4 |
| B6 | 50 | M | EBV | 5,300 | 2,730 | 13.8 | 10.8 | 203 | 353 | 2.2 | n.t. | 333 | 3.1 |
| B7 | 41 | M | Malaria | 4,100 | 1,353 | 10.4 | 7.6 | 60 | 73 | 2.0 | 729 | 574 | 14.2 |
| B8 | 33 | M | Malaria | 2,600 | 1,300 | 10.7 | 4.3 | 40 | 74 | 1.4 | 310 | 456 | 19.8 |
| B9 | 68 | F | AOSD | 2,400 | 984 | 9.2 | 13.9 | 57 | 37 | 1.4 | 123 | 276 | 1.2 |
| B10 | 32 | F | AOSD | 13,800 | 12,765 | 11.6 | 4.3 | 1,978 | 1,820 | 17.5 | 239 | 188 | 3.8 |
ANC absolute neutrophil count, TG triglyceride, Fib fibrinogen, CMV cytomegalovirus, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, AOSD adult-onset Still’s disease, UNL upper normal limit, n.t. not tested