Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient : An Unusual Fatal Association

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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome, characterized clinically by fever, splenomegaly, cytopenia, and high ferritin.

Infectious causes have been associated with secondary HLH, with viruses being the most common.

We report a case of Mycobacterium avium complex-associated HLH in a sickle cell anemia patient.

To the best of our knowledge, this association has never been reported in sickle cell anemia.