Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a newborn presenting with recurrent fever and thrombocytopenia: a case report

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and potentially fatal disease with major difficulties of diagnosis and treatment, especially in the neonatal period (1-3). Early diagnosis and early treatment of HLH improves patients’ outcomes. Herein, we present a Familial HLH case and discuss the differential diagnosis and the cutting edge opinions of treatment by the experts in this area.