Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, immune thrombocytopenia, and leucopenia - an unusual presentation of hodgkin's disease
West Indian med. j
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46(3): 95-6, Sept. 1997.
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ABSTRACT
We report an unusual case of modular sclerosing Hodgkin's disease in a 17 year old women presenting with intermittent fever, progressive weight loss and enlarged cervical and anxillary lymp nodes. Laboratory test revealed severe Coombs' positive haemolytic anaemia, and progressive thrombocytopenia and leucopenia, associated with erythroid, myeloid and megakaryocytic hyperplasia, but with no evidence of lymphomatous infiltration in the bone marrow. Transfusion of compatible blood became possible only after prednisone therapy and a single intravenous dose of vincristine. Appropriate chemotherapy led to normalization of the peripheral blood counts and a negative direct Coombs' test.
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Asunto principal:
Trombocitopenia
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Enfermedad de Hodgkin
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Anemia Hemolítica Autoinmune
Límite:
Adolescente
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Femenino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
1997
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