Citation

Malbora B, Polat E, Akyuz SG. Hematology Reports 2014; 6(2): 25-26.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014)

DOI

10.4081/hr.2014.5356

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Colchicine is frequently used in the treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). First symptoms of colchicine intoxication are gastrointestinal disturbances, such as abdominal cramps, diarrhea, pancytopenia and so on. Herein, we report a female FMF patient with pancytopenia and hemophagocytic lymphohitiocytosis (HLH), following colchicine intoxication for committing suicide. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a patient with HLH associated with colchicine intoxication. © B. Malbora et al. 2014.

Language: en

Keywords

human; child; female; case report; kidney failure; death; article; vomiting; school child; drug intoxication; intensive care unit; gastrointestinal symptom; diarrhea; hypotension; fever; plasmapheresis; liver dysfunction; myoglobinuria; colchicine; atrioventricular block; fresh frozen plasma; kidney dysfunction; bone marrow biopsy; hepatomegaly; neutrophil count; vitamin K group; splenomegaly; Colchicine intoxication; erythrophagocytosis; familial Mediterranean fever; Hemophagocytic lymphohitiocytosis; hemophagocytic syndrome; leukocyte disorder; Pelger-Huët anomaly