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Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus that is known to have a predilection for complications associated with the respiratory system. Although COVID-19 has a wide spectrum of manifestations, the pathophysiology of severe illness remains poorly understood but is thought to be associated with fulminant cytokine...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37868512 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45633 |
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author | Kononowicz, Julia E Farhan Ali, Mohammed Palko, William Pyper, Sean Agasthya, Nisha |
author_facet | Kononowicz, Julia E Farhan Ali, Mohammed Palko, William Pyper, Sean Agasthya, Nisha |
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description | SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus that is known to have a predilection for complications associated with the respiratory system. Although COVID-19 has a wide spectrum of manifestations, the pathophysiology of severe illness remains poorly understood but is thought to be associated with fulminant cytokine release. While severe complications secondary to COVID-19 in the pediatric population are considered rare, they do happen. Children with and without comorbidities have required intensive care unit admissions for respiratory distress and, more notably, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). While MIS-C is associated with hematologic complications, such as thrombocytopenia and coagulopathies, it is not associated with blood hemolysis. In this report, we describe a case of a 23-month-old previously healthy female, who presented with lethargy and positive COVID-19 PCR status. This case illustrates the rapid and fatal sequela caused by autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) from COVID-19. It stresses the importance of thorough workup and management of AIHA secondary to COVID-19 illness. Currently, there is limited understanding of AIHA from COVID-19 illness in children. Our aim is to describe this rare complication of COVID-19 illness in pediatric patients and discuss the best practices to manage it. |
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spelling | pubmed-105882812023-10-21 Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 Kononowicz, Julia E Farhan Ali, Mohammed Palko, William Pyper, Sean Agasthya, Nisha Cureus Pediatrics SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus that is known to have a predilection for complications associated with the respiratory system. Although COVID-19 has a wide spectrum of manifestations, the pathophysiology of severe illness remains poorly understood but is thought to be associated with fulminant cytokine release. While severe complications secondary to COVID-19 in the pediatric population are considered rare, they do happen. Children with and without comorbidities have required intensive care unit admissions for respiratory distress and, more notably, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). While MIS-C is associated with hematologic complications, such as thrombocytopenia and coagulopathies, it is not associated with blood hemolysis. In this report, we describe a case of a 23-month-old previously healthy female, who presented with lethargy and positive COVID-19 PCR status. This case illustrates the rapid and fatal sequela caused by autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) from COVID-19. It stresses the importance of thorough workup and management of AIHA secondary to COVID-19 illness. Currently, there is limited understanding of AIHA from COVID-19 illness in children. Our aim is to describe this rare complication of COVID-19 illness in pediatric patients and discuss the best practices to manage it. Cureus 2023-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10588281/ /pubmed/37868512 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45633 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kononowicz et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatrics Kononowicz, Julia E Farhan Ali, Mohammed Palko, William Pyper, Sean Agasthya, Nisha Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 |
title | Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 |
title_full | Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 |
title_short | Rapidly Progressing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient With COVID-19 |
title_sort | rapidly progressing autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a pediatric patient with covid-19 |
topic | Pediatrics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10588281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37868512 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45633 |
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