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. 2018 Jul;142(1):317–321.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.02.031

Table E1.

Clinical and laboratory findings at diagnosis of HLH

Family 1 2 3 4 5
Patient P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
Ethnical origin Lithuania Sweden Lithuania Lithuania Russia
Familial disease Yes Yes No No No
Parental consanguinity No No No No No
Sex Female Male Male Female Male
RAB27A allele 1 Deletion, c.559C>T (p.Arg187Trp) Dup-Inv Dup-Inv Dup-Inv Dup-Inv
RAB27A allele 2 Dup-Inv c.239G>C (p.Arg80Thr) Dup-Inv Dup-Inv c.550C>T (p.Arg184*)
Age at diagnosis of HLH (y) 14 14.5 9 No HLH No HLH
Fever Yes Yes Yes No Yes (intermittent)
Splenomegaly Yes Yes No No Yes, chronic (splenectomized)
Hepatomegaly Yes Yes Yes No Transient, self-limiting
Hemoglobin (g/L) 83 87 90 Within normal ND
Neutrophils (109/L) 0.45 0.80 0.14 Within normal ND
Platelets (109/L) 35 54 194 Within normal ND
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 2.49 5.8 2.71 Within normal ND
Fibrinogen (g/L) 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.51 ND
Hemophagocytosis No No Yes ND ND
Ferritin (μg/L) 2451 49000 12000 Within normal ND
Soluble CD25 (pg/mL) 20512.4 ND 16437 1760 ND
NK-cell activity ND ND Defective Defective Defective
NK-cell degranulation Defective, 3.1% ΔCD107a ND Defective, 6% ΔCD107a Defective, 3.3% ΔCD107a Defective, 0.6% ΔCD107a
Neurological manifestations Yes, before HLH onset Yes Yes, before HLH onset Yes No
Pathological CSF Yes ND Yes Yes ND
Treatment active disease HLH-2004 Cortico, CSA, ATG HLH-2004 Cortico, MMF
Remission at 2 mo No No Yes NA
Age at HSCT Not done 10 7
Outcome and follow-up Deceased 48 d after HLH onset Alive 19 mo after HSCT Alive at 7 y Alive at 16 y
Other manifestations No Skin granuloma, lung infiltrates Skin granuloma, lung infiltrates Skin granuloma, isolated CNS involvement Hodgkin lymphoma at 13 y, recurrent fever episodes from 10 y

ATG, Antithymocyte globulin; Cortico, corticosteroids; CSA, cyclosporine A; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Dup-Inv, Duplication-Inversion; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; NA, not applicable/available; ND, no data.