title: Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia in ulcerative colitis--a report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases of ulcerative colitis with a positive Coombs test are reported herein. In a 30 year old woman, hemolytic anemia was well controlled by excision of a rectal stump left over from a former operation. A 53 year old woman had a positive Coombs test without clinical hemolytic anemia 10 years after undergoing a total procto-colectomy with ileo-anal anastomosis. Thus we concluded that total procto-colectomy may be preventive, as well as therapeutic, for Coombs positive hemolytic anemia associated with ulcerative colitis.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Polyposis and Intestinal Disease, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imajo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mishima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003298:Coombs Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged