Hemolytic anemia related to cold aglutine in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus Sistemik lupus eritematosuzlu bir hastada soğuk aglütinin ilişkili hemolitik anemi


Öğüt T. S., Vural E., Aslan B., Dilbil M., ERBASAN F., TERZİOĞLU M. E.

Journal of Turkish Society For Rheumatology, vol.13, no.3, pp.137-139, 2021 (Scopus) identifier identifier

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a well-known disease characterized by autoimmune chronic inflammation and autoantibodies. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AHA) may develop in <10% of SLE patients due to these autoantibodies. SLE-related AHAs usually develop through warm-type antibodies. Cold antibody-mediated haemolytic anemia in SLE is extremely rare and generally unresponsive to glucocorticoid therapy. In this article, a SLE case with cold agglutinin hemolytic anemia, who responded well to steroid treatment, is presented.