Recognition of macrophage activation syndrome / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS)is a serious potentially life -threatening complication seen primarily in patients with systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA).Clinical symptoms include persis-tent fever,liver and spleen lymph node enlargement,cytopenia,hyperferritinemia,hypofibrinogenemia,hypertriglyceri-demia,coagulation disorders,and hemophagocytosis can be seen in the bone marrow.This article summarizes the characteristics of MAS occurring in the context of sJIA and discuss the recent advances in classification systems and management.