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Severe haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis triggered by a visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with a Rosai-Dorfman disease

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We warmly thank Dr Anne Julian who provided PET-CT pictures and Dr C. Bloch-Queyrat for the useful discussion.

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  1. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Toulouse University Hospital, Purpan Hospital, Place du Docteur Baylac TSA 40031, 31059, Toulouse cedex 9, France

    Thibault Comont, Guillaume Martin-Blondel & Bruno Marchou

  2. INSERM UMR 1043, Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse-Purpan, Toulouse, France

    Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Camille Laurent & Antoine Berry

  3. Université Toulouse III, Toulouse, F-31000, France

    Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Camille Laurent, Antoine Berry & Bruno Marchou

  4. Department of Pathology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France

    Camille Laurent

  5. Department of Parasitology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France

    Antoine Berry

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Correspondence to Thibault Comont.

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Comont, T., Martin-Blondel, G., Laurent, C. et al. Severe haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis triggered by a visceral leishmaniasis in a patient with a Rosai-Dorfman disease. Ann Hematol 94, 701–702 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-014-2219-5

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