Cold haemolytic anaemia, first manifestation of lymphoma

Authors

  • Lília Andrade Assistente Hospitalar Eventual de Pneumologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
  • Paula Pimenta Assistente Hospitalar de Medicina Interna, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
  • Celene Sargento Farmacêutica; Técnica Superior de Saúde e Assistente Principal de Imuno-Hemoterapia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
  • Adriana Teixeira Assistente Hospitalar de Hematologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
  • Borges Alexandrino Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Medicina Interna, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
  • Políbio Serra e Silva Director do Serviço de Medicina II, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra

Keywords:

haemolytical anemia, cold aglutinin disease, low malignity B cell lymphoma

Abstract

The authors describe a patient's case with cervical adenophaties, discovered after a nasal basocelular carcinoma excision. A clearly false hemogram results called attention on this situation. The true values of the patient hemogram was only possible after the tube's warming-up, leading us to suspected the existence of an auto-imune cold hemolytic anemia, later on understood in a B cell lymphoma context.

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Published

1999-03-31

How to Cite

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Andrade L, Pimenta P, Sargento C, Teixeira A, Alexandrino B, Serra e Silva P. Cold haemolytic anaemia, first manifestation of lymphoma. RPMI [Internet]. 1999 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 May 19];6(1):38-40. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2035

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (1999): Janeiro/ Março

Section

Case Reports

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