Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Elderly Patient after Recent Cardiac Surgery

Table 1

Laboratory data.

Indices	Day 1: emergency department	Day 5	Day 13	Others	Reference range adults
Haemoglobin (g/dl)	9.0		8.7		13.5 – 18.0
Mean corpuscular volume	82.8		79.4		83.0 – 99.0
Reticulocyte count (%)		1.1%			0.4 – 1.9
Nucleated red blood cell ( 10^9/L)		0.0	0.1
White cell count ( 10^9/L)	4.1		2.7		4.0 – 11.0
Neutrophils ( 10^9/L)	3.1		1.5		2.0 – 7.5
Platelet count ( 10^9/L)	227		45		140 – 450
Sodium (mmol/L)	126		134		136 – 145
Potassium (mmol/L)	4.4		4.0		3.5 – 5.3
Urea (mmol/L)	9.4		8.8		2.5 – 7.8
Creatinine (μmol/L)	180		132		59 – 104
Total protein (g/L)	67		57		66 – 87
Serum albumin (g/L)	30		19		33 – 50
Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)	353		1462		40 – 129
Gamma-glutamyl transferase (IU/L)	403		635		10 – 71
Bilirubin (μmol/L)	14		271		0 – 21
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)	148		336		0 – 41
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L)	134		1013		0 – 40
Lactic dehydrogenase (IU/L)	262				135 – 250
Corrected calcium (mmol/L)	2.10		2.13		2.15 – 2.50
Magnesium (mmol/L)	0.86		0.90		0.70 – 1.00
Phosphate (mmol/L)	1.12		1.00		0.81 – 1.45
C-reactive protein (mg/L)	80.46		16.49		0.00 – 5.00
Serum angiotension-converting enzyme (ACE) (IU/L)				106	<8 – 65
IgG (g/L)				16.35	6.26 – 14.96
IgM (g/L)				3.96	0.47 – 1.82
IgA (g/L)				14.52	0.62 – 2.90
Alpha 1 antitrypsin (g/L)				2.15	1.10 – 2.20
Ceruloplasmin (g/L)				0.35	0.22 – 0.66
Iron (µmol/L)				18	14 – 31
Unsaturated iron binding capacity (μmol/L)				10	20 – 66
Transferrin saturations (%)				64	30 – 40
Ferritin (ug/L)				35 164.8	23.0 – 393.0
Fibrinogen (g/L)				1.2	1.9 – 3.5
Haptoglobins (g/L)				<0.24	0.45 – 2.05
Triglycerides (mmol/L)				3.22	0.50 – 1.70
EBV DNA PCR				71 387
EBV nuclear antigen IgG			Negative	Positive
Viral capsid antigen IgM			Positive	Negative
Viral capsid antigen IgG			Positive	Positive