WAN Lijun,WU Bei,YANG Yan,et al.Clinical characteristics of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as the first symptom and literature review[J].Medical Journal of Wuhan University,2025,46(11):1481-1487.
WAN Lijun,WU Bei,YANG Yan,et al.Clinical characteristics of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as the first symptom and literature review[J].Medical Journal of Wuhan University,2025,46(11):1481-1487.DOI: 10.14188/j.1671-8852.2024.0472.
Clinical characteristics of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis as the first symptom and literature review
To review reported cases of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus–macrophage activation syndrome (JSLE⁃MAS) initially presenting as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
summarize their characteristics
and describe a typical JSLE⁃HLH case to inform clinical diagnosis and treatment.
Methods
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A computerized search of PubMed
The Cochrane Library
CNKI
Web of Science and Wanfang databases was conducted to collect the literature on children with HLH as the first symptom of JSLE
which was published from the establishment of the library to May 2024
and we summarized its clinical manifestations
laboratory tests
treatment and clinical outcome. Then we reported a typical case of JSLE.
Results
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JSLE with HLH as the initial symptom presented with fever and a decrease in two or three blood cell lines
while other clinical manifestations showed high heterogeneity. Laboratory findings included abnormal liver function
significantly elevated lactate dehydrogenase
and abnormally increased ferritin levels; decreased natural killer (NK) cell proportions but decreased activity was uncommon
and soluble interleukin⁃2 receptor alpha chain (sCD25) abnormalities were rare; bone marrow hemophagocytosis was common. Early renal function was normal
and urine routine tests showed proteinuria or positive occult blood; the positive rate of antinuclear antibody (ANA) at the onset was not high. Treatment mainly involved high⁃dose methylprednisolone shock therapy
with a good prognosis. This paper reported the 7th case in China.
Conclusion
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JSLE with HLH as the initial symptom is rare and highly heterogeneous. For children with persistent fever who meet the HLH criteria
the search for the primary disease should be initiated promptly. At the same time
it is necessary to increase the study of genome
epigenomics
metabolomics and other omics to explore its pathogenesis.
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