Increasing values of serum acid phosphatase in a child withMycoplasma pneumoniae-associated hemophagocytic histiocytic syndrome
✍ Scribed by Abrahamsen, Tore G. ;Bentsen, Beint S. ;Brandtzaeg, Per
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 601 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We describe a 3 1/2‐year‐old boy with disseminated histiocytic disease probably induced by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. In this patient, acid phosphatase was elevated in serum and was also detected histochemically in the infiltrating histiocytes. The serum acid phosphatase levels increased as his his tiocytosis progressed, apparently mirroring the activity of the disease. This observation suggests that serum acid phosphatase levels should be evaluated further to determine whether they will be a useful indicator of disease in children with different histiocytosis syndromes. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.