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Hodgkin's disease and autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a case report
Feyyaz Ozdemir1, Mustafa Yilmaz, Remzi Akdogan
1Department of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. feyyazozdemir@yahoo.com
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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