hemophagocytic syndrome "A syndrome that is characterized by an expansion of the monocyte-macrophage population and intense hemophagocytosis. It can occur de novo, but more often occurs in the setting of another disorder, usually an infection or a malignancy. A clinical picture of fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and peripheral pancytopenia. The morphologic hallmark of this syndrome is the phagocytosis of hematopoietic elements by morphologically normal macrophages." [url:http\://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/inside.asp?AID=57&UID=, url:http\://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801997000500007&lng=pt&nrm=iso] URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#hemophagocytic_syndrome "haemophagocytic syndrome" EXACT [] "HPS" EXACT [] syndrome