Idiopathic Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome, A Case Report of an Eleven Years Old Girl with Review of Literature

Her first known episode of Idiopathic Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome (ISCLS) transpired during the winter of her eleventh year, coinciding with a community epidemic of H1N1 influenza. The patient was hospitalized for tachycardia, hypotension hypothermia, hemoconcentration and hypoalbuminemia. She needed significant amounts of IV fluids, albumin and vasopressors to recover from a critical episode of hemodynamic hypotensive shock. PCR for H1N1 was consistent with an acute influenza infection in addition to a positive bacterial blood culture as such both infectious causes were thought to have contributed to her initial presentation. No complications were evident postdischarge from the PICU and hospital.