A vast retroperitoneal mass and autoimmune haemolytic anemia

Autoimmune Hepatitis with Autoimmune Haemolytic Anemia Triggered by Varicella - a Rare Presentation.

Varicella is a common infectious exanthematous disease of children. Infection manifests as polymorphic maculopapulovesicular along with low grade fever, malaise and headache. Adults are less likely to be infected with varicella infection but once infected suffer disproportionately from serious complications like pneumonia, encephalitis, hepatitis and thrombocytopenia. Varicella hepatitis is gen...

Rituximab: Is it Possible to Link Both Autoimmune Haemolytic Anemia and Aplastic Anemia Regarding the Etiology and Management?

In the past few years, rituximab has been recognized as a safe and effective emerging treatment for autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) [1,2]. Rituximab was also considered as a preferred secondline therapy of warm antibody hemolytic anemia in adults in some major European centers and it was shown that second-line treatment with rituximab led to response rates similar to splenectomy (approximate...

Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Retroperitoneal Fibrosis

Familial non-spherocytic haemolytic anemia.

The three accepted and well-defined types of familial haemolytic anaemia are familial spherocytic anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, and Mediterranean anaemia. Reports have appeared of other types of familial anaemia, some of which are undoubtedly haemolytic. A family is here described in which four members in three generations were found to have non-spherocytic haemolytic anaemias. Case Histories C...

Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia in a newborn infant.

The case is reported of an infant with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia of perinatal onset. Combined treatment with steroids and cyclosporin was necessary to improve haemolysis and reduce the high transfusion requirements. Treatment was discontinued at 13 months of age. The child was healthy at the follow up at 24 and 36 months of age.