Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis with Cerebellar Swelling and Tonsillar Herniation

Abstract

A 3 year-old male child who presented with fever and cerebellar ataxia two weeks after varicella was subsequently diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a report from the Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.

Keywords

• familial histophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
• tonsillar herniation
• neurologic sequelae