Table 1.
Laboratory results
| Last visit before loss of follow-up | Hospitalization |
|---|---|
| WBCs, 6100/mm3 | WBCs, 4670/mm3 |
| Hemoglobin, 11.9 g/dl | with neutrophils 3736/mm3 |
| Platelets, 350,000/mm3 | Bicytopenia with lymphopenia at 796/mm3 and hemoglobin at 5.7 g/dl |
| ESR, 86 mm | Platelets, 245,000/mm3 |
| CRP, 93 mg/l | ESR, 137 mm |
| ALT, 6 UI/l | CRP, 97 mg/l |
| AST, 14 UI/l | Fibrinogen, 2 g/l |
| Blood protein electrophoresis, polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia at 20.7 g/l | |
| Hyperferritinemia, 1778 ng/ml (9 N) | |
| LDH, 491 IU/l (1.5 N) | |
| Triglycerides, 195 mg/dl | |
| AST, 35 UI/l | |
| ALT, 31UI/l | |
| Serum creatinine, 4.92 mg/l | |
| Proteinuria (g/24 hours), 0.6 g/24 hours | |
| Serum calcium, 81 mg/l | |
| Serum phosphorus, 30 mg/l | |
| Serum vitamin B12, 253 pg/ml |
ALT alanine transferase, AST aspartate transferase, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, N normal value, WBCs white blood cells