First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a condition characterized by the increased destruction of red blood cells (RBCs) mediated by anti-erythrocyte autoantibodies with or without complement activation. Its clinical presentation is heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to severe forms with fatal o...

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Autores principales: Arunpriyandan, Vaishnavi, Kumanan, Somasuriyam, Pakkiyaretnam, Mayurathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8627640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868764
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19118
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author Arunpriyandan, Vaishnavi
Kumanan, Somasuriyam
Pakkiyaretnam, Mayurathan
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description Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a condition characterized by the increased destruction of red blood cells (RBCs) mediated by anti-erythrocyte autoantibodies with or without complement activation. Its clinical presentation is heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to severe forms with fatal outcomes, and it can be either idiopathic or secondary to a coexisting disorder. In this report, we present a case of a patient who suffered from her first episode of acute and severe AIHA during Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and responded well with the treatment.
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spelling pubmed-86276402021-12-03 First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report Arunpriyandan, Vaishnavi Kumanan, Somasuriyam Pakkiyaretnam, Mayurathan Cureus Internal Medicine Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a condition characterized by the increased destruction of red blood cells (RBCs) mediated by anti-erythrocyte autoantibodies with or without complement activation. Its clinical presentation is heterogeneous, ranging from asymptomatic to severe forms with fatal outcomes, and it can be either idiopathic or secondary to a coexisting disorder. In this report, we present a case of a patient who suffered from her first episode of acute and severe AIHA during Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and responded well with the treatment. Cureus 2021-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8627640/ /pubmed/34868764 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19118 Text en Copyright © 2021, Arunpriyandan 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.
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Arunpriyandan, Vaishnavi
Kumanan, Somasuriyam
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First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report
title First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report
title_full First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report
title_fullStr First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report
title_short First Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Associated With COVID-19 Infection in Sri Lanka: A Case Report
title_sort first case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with covid-19 infection in sri lanka: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8627640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868764
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19118
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