Table II.
| Criterion | Found in patient? |
|---|---|
| Fever | Yes |
| Splenomegaly | No |
| Bicytopenia | Yes: hemoglobin, 5.9 g/dL (normal, 10.7-13.4 g/dL), platelets, 8 G/L (normal, 195-464 G/L) |
| Hypertriglyceridemia or hypofibrinogenemia | Yes: fibrinogen <70 mg/dL (normal, 160-400 mg/dL) |
| Hemophagocytosis | Yes: HLH cells in bone marrow |
| Elevated ferritin | Yes: 22,935 ng/mL (normal, 12-510 ng/mL) |
| Low/absent NK-cell activity | No |
| Elevated soluble CD25 (sIL-2RA) | Yes: 15,718 kU/L (normal, 156-623 kU/L) |
NK, Natural killer.