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CHEDİAK-HİGASHİ SENDROMU

MUSTAFA DURDU, KUTAY IŞIK

Medeniyet Medical Journal - 2000;15(1):50-51

SSK Göztepe Eğitim Hastanesi Hastalıkları Çocuk Kliniği

 

Chediak-Higashi is an otosomal ressesif syndrome, characterised with recurrent progenic infections, partial oculocutaneous albinizm, photophobi, nistagmus and bleeding diathesis. Large lisosomal granuls in the myeloid cell cytoplasms of the bone marrow and blood are seen. It is a rare syndrome with a high mortality. This case has been reported for it is a very rare seen syndrome and the diagnosis was established with a careful physical examination and periferic blood examination.