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Chronic hepatitis C complicated by Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia during interferon treatment
N Hirashima1, M Mizokami, E Orito
1Department of Gastroenterology, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital.
Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
|May 1, 1994
Abstract:
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is an autoimmune diseases which is reported to be caused by interferon treatment. A 33-year-old male with chronic hepatitis C developed Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia, probably due to administration of interferon-alpha 2b. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of chronic hepatitis C complicated by Coombs-negative hemolytic anemia during interferon treatment.