Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with an ovarian teratoma is a very rare disease. However, treating teratoma is the only method to cure the hemolytic anemia, so it is necessary to include ovarian teratoma in the differential diagnosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. We report herein on a case of a young adult patient who had severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia that was induced by an ovaria...

Tuberculosis (TB), a common health problem in developing countries, is a specific multi-systemic infection that can lead protean manifestations in any organ system. Anemia and leukocytosis are the most frequent hematological findings at presentation and during the long clinical course of the disease. Coombs’-positive hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) are exceedingly rar...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an intracellular parasitic infection that infects and multiplies in the macrophages of the liver, spleen and bone marrow. It is characterized by intermittent fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia and hypergammaglobulinemia. Anemia of multifactorial etiology is a usual manifestation of VL; however, Coombs positive hemolytic anemia has been infrequently reported i...

Compound heterozygosity for βS/βD results in a severe hemolytic anemia and a clinical syndrome similar to that of sickle cell disease. Here, we report a case of HbSD Punjab disease. A 10 year old female child residing at Nagpur, Maharashtra presented with severe hemolytic anemia, hepatosplenomegaly and occasional pains in bones and abdomen. Initially, she was thought to be a case of sickle cell...

Congenital hemolytic anemia associated fancy. The peripheral blood smear is charwith pyrimidine 5’-nucleotidase deficiency acterized by striking red cell basophilic is reported in two siblings. Both have had stippling. As this feature has been found moderate chronic hemolytic anemia, splein all previously reported cases, it should nomegaly, and jaundice since early inbe the clue to the diagnosis.