Macrophage Activation Syndrome
Raj, P.Babu.; Harikrishnan, B.L.; Mampilly, R.; Anand, R.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 65(5): 91-92
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 28598057 Document Number: 693299
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS) occurs as a severe life-threatening complication of several chronic rheumatic diseases. It is more frequent with systemic onset juvenile arthritis and adult onset Still's disease.1 It can be primary, infection related, malignancy associated or autoimmune3. We report a case of Macrophage Activation Syndrome presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) and pancytopenia in the absence of any known triggering factor.