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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Development of new cold antibodies in a patient with a history of warm autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.

Meghan Anderson, Megan Winter, Vinicius Jorge, Claudia Dourado

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meghan AndersonInternal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Andersme@einstein.edu.
Megan WinterInternal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Vinicius JorgeHematology/Oncology, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Claudia DouradoHematology/Oncology, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia · USMount Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 31-year-old male presented to our facility with complaints of shortness of breath and left-sided chest pain. On record review, it was revealed that he had been seen in 2014 for an almost identical presentation and had been found to have haemolytic anaemia with warm autoantibodies. Following his acute treatment during that hospital admission, he was lost to follow-up. During his subsequent admission, 5 years later, he was found to have a systemic autoimmune disorder with a superimposed acute bacterial infection leading to a second case of haemolytic anaemia and at this time with both cold and warm antibodies present. While his diagnosis was initially difficult to make due to both derangements in expected laboratory values and the mixed pattern of the haemolytic anaemia, he was promptly treated with intravenous immune globulin and steroids and was able to make a full recovery.

Indexed as

AdultAnemia, Hemolytic, AutoimmuneAutoantibodiesCryoglobulinsDiagnosis, DifferentialDyspneaGlucocorticoidsHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleAutoantibodiescold agglutininsCryoglobulinsGlucocorticoidsImmunoglobulins, Intravenoushaematology (incl blood transfusion)immunologysystemic lupus erythematosus

Identifiers

PMID32595125
PMCPMC7322276
OpenAlexW3037172108

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