[Case report of a female patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and cold agglutinin antibodies]

Lijec Vjesn. 1997 Nov-Dec;119(11-12):328-30.
[Article in Croatian]

Abstract

We report a case of acute transient cold agglutinin disease, the etiology of which we could not determine with the available methods. Cold autoagglutinins had anti I specificity, high titers of the autoantibody (> 1:1,000) and the thermal range was relative wide. Our patient had severe haemolysis and immunosuppressive therapy with methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide was administered. It is a question how much these immunosuppresive agents influenced the recovery, and in what extent it was a self limited disease with spontaneous recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Agglutinins / immunology*
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / immunology*
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / therapy
  • Autoantibodies / analysis*
  • Child
  • Cold Temperature
  • Cryoglobulins
  • Female
  • Humans

Substances

  • Agglutinins
  • Autoantibodies
  • Cryoglobulins
  • cold agglutinins