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[Hemolytic anemia induced by Chelidonium majus. Clinical case]
V Pinto García1, P R Vicente, A Barez
1Servicio de Hematología-Hemoterapia, Hospital Covadonga, Oviedo.
A case of haemolytic anaemia secondary to oral ingestion of a Chelidonium majus extract is presented. It coursed with intravascular haemolysis, renal failure, liver cytolysis and thrombocytopenia. The direct Antiglobulin test was positive (4+), IgG+C'. The patient was treated with steroids, red cell and platelet transfusion and also twice with an haemodialytic treatment, with complete resolution of the clinical features about the 12th day. A complete bibliographic revision from 1966-1989 was performed and no cases like this one were found during that period, so this could the first one reported.
A case of haemolytic anaemia secondary to oral ingestion of a Chelidonium majus extract is presented. It coursed with intravascular haemolysis, renal failure, liver cytolysis and thrombocytopenia. The direct Antiglobulin test was positive (4+), IgG+C'. The patient was treated with steroids, red cell and platelet transfusion and also twice with an haemodialytic treatment, with complete resolution of the clinical features about the 12th day. A complete bibliographic revision from 1966-1989 was performed and no cases like this one were found during that period, so this could the first one reported.