COLD ANTIBODY-MEDIATED AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN A PATIENT WITH OVERLAP SYNDROME OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WITH SJOGREN’S SYNDROME

INDIRA BAIRY; ANUPAM BERWAL; CHARANTHEJREDDY V; MUKHYAPRANA PRABHU

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i2.28644

Authors

INDIRA BAIRY Department of Microbiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Campus, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
ANUPAM BERWAL Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
CHARANTHEJREDDY V Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
MUKHYAPRANA PRABHU Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2019.v12i2.28644

Keywords:

Autoimmune, Rituximab, Anemia

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disorder commonly seen in females characterized by multisystem inflammation with the production of an array of antibodies. Hematological disturbances are common in SLE specifically autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) which results from the development of autoantibodies directed against antigens on the surface of patient’s own red blood cells. Here, we present a rare case of a 50-year-old female patient presenting with cold antibody-mediated AIHA.

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Author Biography

INDIRA BAIRY, Department of Microbiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Campus, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

Dr. Anupam Berwal, Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy Of Higher Education, Manipal

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