Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Griscelli syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by partial albinism and immunodeficiency. The characteristic features include silver hair due to clumped melanosomes in hair shaft. Other features include hepatospleenomegaly, hepatitis, pancytopenia and immune abnormalities. CASE REPORT: A seven years old male child presented with partial albinic features and history of recurrent respiratory tract infection. The child had fever since 2months along with hepatospleenomegaly, pancytopenia and thrombocytopenic purpura. These rare clinical manifestations were diagnosed as GS which was confirmed by bone marrow biopsy and light microscopy of hair shaft. The mean patient age of survival is 5years. As early diagnosis can improve the outcome in such cases, a finding of partial albinism should alert the diagnosis of Griscelli's syndrome. CONCLUSION: We report a rare case of GS with characteristic
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