Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is rare in childhood with an incidence of approximately 0.8-1.25 cases per 100,000 children and is the most frequent cause of extracorpuscular hemolytic anemia, having a higher incidence between 3 and 4 years of age. Most of them are idiopathic, although they can also be secondary to autoimmune diseases, lymphoproliferative syndromes, tumors or infections (notably Mycoplasma and Epstein-Barr). They usually present as a self-limiting condition associated with a viral infection. Children under 2 years of age and adolescents frequently present chronic forms, associated or not, with systemic diseases, especially immunodeficiencies or autoimmune disorders. We present the case of an 11-year-old male patient, diagnosed with pneumonia with positive serologies for Mycoplasma and Cytomegalovirus, who developed autoimmune hemolytic anemia and required blood transfusion.
DOI: 10.60147/b8a0cabd
Author: M.ª Mercedes Santos
Language: English
Topic: Blood groups and transfusion
Subfield: Hematology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4403041101