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* Without treatment, most people with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis survive only a few months. | * Secondary HLH in some individuals may be self-limited because patients are able to fully recover after having received only supportive medical treatment. However, long-term remission without the use of cytotoxic and immune-suppressive therapies is unlikely in the majority of adults with HLH and in those with CNS involvement. | ||
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Overview
Natural History
Complications
- Complications include
- Immunodeficiency
- Blindness
- Coma
- Leukemia and lymphoma
- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Prognosis
- Secondary HLH in some individuals may be self-limited because patients are able to fully recover after having received only supportive medical treatment. However, long-term remission without the use of cytotoxic and immune-suppressive therapies is unlikely in the majority of adults with HLH and in those with CNS involvement.
- Without treatment, most people with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis survive only a few months.