Investigating HLH

What is MAS?

Episode Summary

Adam Narloch speaks with Dr. Daniella Schwartz and Dr. Randy Cron about recognizing and managing MAS, a rare subtype of HLH in rheumatic diseases.

Episode Notes

In this episode of Investigating HLH, Adam Narloch speaks with Dr  Daniella Schwartz and Dr Randy Cron to discuss a rare, potentially fatal syndrome characterized  by hyperinflammation⎯macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). Dr Daniella Schwartz is a rheumatologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh  Medical Center (UPMC) Presbyterian Shadyside and the UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr  Randy Cron is a pediatric rheumatologist at Children’s Hospital of Alabama at the University of  Alabama (UAB). Hear from these 2 experts about MAS⎯a subtype of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) that can occur in rheumatic diseases such as SAll's disease, including  systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA).

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