title: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma accompanied by autoimmune hemolytic anemia with anti-e autoantibody.
abstract: A 43-year-old male with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma accompanied by autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). His blood group was group B, CcDEe. Alloantibody was absent in his serum, but autoantibody, a combination of IgG and C3d type which showed anti-e specificity, was present. Although transient improvement of AIHA was achieved by treatment with 60 mg/day of prednisolone, subsequent worsening of the anemia resulted in the patient's death. Identification of blood group-specific autoantibodies may be beneficial in such a case for blood transfusion.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiotani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunikane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System