Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Late Presentation of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome

COVID-19 is a severe respiratory disease with a spectrum of clinical presentations and complications. Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAIHA) is increasingly recognized in patients with COVID-19 either while infected or shortly after infection. We report a 36-year-old male with clinical and laborat...

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Autores principales: Al Khoufi, Emad, Al-Muhainy, Bader, Algadeeb, Kefah, Alsalman, Mortadah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2023
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36742177
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2023.05
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author Al Khoufi, Emad
Al-Muhainy, Bader
Algadeeb, Kefah
Alsalman, Mortadah
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description COVID-19 is a severe respiratory disease with a spectrum of clinical presentations and complications. Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAIHA) is increasingly recognized in patients with COVID-19 either while infected or shortly after infection. We report a 36-year-old male with clinical and laboratory findings consistent with WAIHA. His medical history was significant for COVİD-19 infection three months before presentation. He was initially resistant to steroids but had substantial improvement following initiation of rituximab, with complete recovery thereafter. Therefore, serial assessment of complete blood cell count parameters and hemolysis markers post-COVID-19 infections is warranted for early detection and prompt treatment.
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spelling pubmed-98685312023-02-02 Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Late Presentation of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome Al Khoufi, Emad Al-Muhainy, Bader Algadeeb, Kefah Alsalman, Mortadah Oman Med J Case Reports COVID-19 is a severe respiratory disease with a spectrum of clinical presentations and complications. Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (WAIHA) is increasingly recognized in patients with COVID-19 either while infected or shortly after infection. We report a 36-year-old male with clinical and laboratory findings consistent with WAIHA. His medical history was significant for COVİD-19 infection three months before presentation. He was initially resistant to steroids but had substantial improvement following initiation of rituximab, with complete recovery thereafter. Therefore, serial assessment of complete blood cell count parameters and hemolysis markers post-COVID-19 infections is warranted for early detection and prompt treatment. OMJ 2023-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9868531/ /pubmed/36742177 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2023.05 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2023 by the OMSB. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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title_fullStr Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Late Presentation of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome
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title_short Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Late Presentation of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome
title_sort autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a late presentation of post-covid-19 syndrome
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9868531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36742177
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2023.05
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