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Too Yellow: An Idiopathic Case Of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Shreel Patel, Kashif Ali, Donnel Dockery-Joseph, Eunbee Cho, Sriharsha Koneru, Taha Al Hassan, Aramide Tijani, Elimar Gonzalez Morales
Too Yellow: An Idiopathic Case Of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Shreel Patel, Kashif Ali, Donnel Dockery-Joseph, Eunbee Cho, Sriharsha Koneru, Taha Al Hassan, Aramide Tijani, Elimar Gonzalez Morales
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Background: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is caused by autoantibodies that react with self red blood cells and cause them to be destroyed. Warm AIHA, due to antibodies that are active at body temperature, is the most common type of the AIHA. It is mostly caused by the underlying disease like infections, autoimmune disorders, lymphoproliferative disorders, immunodeficiency or physiologic state like pregnancy. Rarely it happens that there is no underlying cause. Therefore, here we present a case of idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia without any underlying cause.
Case Discussion: A 77 year old lady with known history of the diabetes mellitus type 2, …