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Informative Article | Medicine and Dentistry | United Kingdom | Volume 7 Issue 2, February 2018
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia as a Paraneoplastic Syndrome
Hala Aziz | Ali Al-Adhami
Abstract: Paraneoplastic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a rare syndrome. It has been mostly recognized in association with lymphoproliferative disorders and to a much lesser extent in association with solid organ tumors. It has been reported in cases of breast, ovarian, prostate, thymic and renal cancer. The onset and severity is variable. Although it is rare, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of anemia in patients with malignancy. Keeping high suspicion index is key to diagnosis. It resolves with tumor eradication or excision. Recurrence of hemolysis after a period of cancer remission could point towards relapse.
Keywords: autoimmune hemolytic anemia, solid tumor, paraneoplastic syndrome
Edition: Volume 7 Issue 2, February 2018,
Pages: 700 - 701
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Case Studies, Medicine and Dentistry, India, Volume 7 Issue 9, September 2018
Pages: 387 - 389Successful Prophylactic Pulmonary Arterial Aneurysm Repair in Pregnant Women with Behcets Disease
Sasmith Menakuru | Mir Inzamam Ali
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Case Studies, Medicine and Dentistry, India, Volume 7 Issue 3, March 2018
Pages: 1866 - 1867Steroid Responsive Encephalopathy Associated with Autoimmune Thyroiditis (Hashimoto Encephalopathy)
Dr. Abhishek Kumar [4] | Dr. Vaibhav Mathur