256 Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a 13-year old girl with Crohn’s disease

Abstract

sample values. The patient had reccurent problems with social functioning, which manifested as intermittent palpitations, precordial sensations, and a prolonged episode of large amplitude incontrollable tremor for which he was hospitalized once again after the second episode of pancreatitis. Conclusion The presented cases show the possible extent of extrapulmonary illness caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children. Judging by these cases, autoimmune mechanisms and also genetic factors seem to play an important role in the infection of a specific organ by M. pneumoniae.