Abstract
Macrophage activation syndrome is a life-threatening condition resulting from the destruction of organs and tissues secondary to excessive activation of the immune system. The cytokine storm that develops during a corona virus infection has some overlapping laboratory and clinical findings to the hemophagocytic syndrome. It is curcial to support the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of this disease with successive measurements of the inflammation markers so as to initiate the treatment process immediately. We have reported here the case of a 44-yearold patient who was treated with tocilizumab for hemophagocytic syndrome that developed during his corona virus infection. The patient was sucessfully treated and monitored as per the pandemic requirement and then discharged. He showed no sequela and has completely recovered.
Keywords: Macrophage activation syndrome, inflammation markers, tocilizumab
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