Hodgkin's disease and autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of Hodgkin's disease presenting with immune hemolytic anemia.


METHODS
A 47-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of weight loss, fever, and inguinal lymph node adenopathy. Biopsy of the inguinal lymph node revealed mixed-cellularity Hodgkin's disease. Three days after starting combined chemotherapy, the patient showed evidence of autoimmune hemolytic anemia, which responded well to prednisolone.


CONCLUSIONS
This case shows that clinicians should be aware of the possibility of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in patients with Hodgkin's disease presenting with anemia, and distinguish it from the anemia of chronic disease.
Ozdemir
Feyyaz
F
Department of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. feyyazozdemir@yahoo.com
Yilmaz
Mustafa
M
Akdogan
Remzi
R
Kaynar
Kubra
K
Kavgaci
Halil
H
Karti
Sami
S
Aydin
Fazil
F
D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged