Hodgkin’s Disease and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Report

Vol. 14, No. 3, 2005

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Case Report

Hodgkin's Disease and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Report
Feyyaz Ozdemir^a, Mustafa Yilmaz^b, Remzi Akdogan^a, Kubra Kaynar^c, Halil Kavgaci^a, Sami Karti^b, Fazil Aydin^a

Departments of
^aMedical Oncology,
^bHematology and
^cNephrology, School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

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Med Princ Pract 2005;14:205-207 (DOI: 10.1159/000084642)

Key Words

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Hodgkin's disease

Abstract

Objective: To report a case of Hodgkin's disease presenting with immune hemolytic anemia. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 47-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of weight loss, fever, and inguinal lymph node adenopathy. Biopsy of the inguinal lymph node revealed mixed-cellularity Hodgkin's disease. Three days after starting combined chemotherapy, the patient showed evidence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia, which responded well to prednisolone. Conclusion: This case shows that clinicians should be aware of the possibility of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in patients with Hodgkin's disease presenting with anemia, and distinguish it from the anemia of chronic disease.

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Ass. Prof. Feyyaz Ozdemir
Department of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine
Karadeniz Technical University
TR-61080 Trabzon (Turkey)
Tel. +90 462 377 5483, Fax +90 462 325 2270, E-Mail feyyazozdemir@yahoo.com

Article Information

Received: December 31, 2003
Revised: September 6, 2004
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 0, Number of Tables : 1, Number of References : 9

Medline Abstract (ID 15863998)

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