Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in patients with metastatic malignant melanoma

Melanoma Res. 2017 Aug;27(4):377-379. doi: 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000354.

Abstract

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an autoinflammatory disease that classically occurs because of infections, autoinflammatory, or autoimmune diseases, hematologic cancers, and rarely because of solid tumor. We report a rare case of HLH attributed to metastatic malignant melanoma treated without corticosteroid and with a nonfatal outcome thanks to specific therapies: etoposide for HLH and a selective inhibitor of mutated forms of BRAF kinase associated with a MEK inhibitor for melanoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / etiology*
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / pathology
  • Melanoma / complications*
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology