title: Hodgkin's disease and autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. feyyazozdemir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Feyyaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Remzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akdogan
authors.forename: Kubra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaynar
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kavgaci
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karti
authors.forename: Fazil
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aydin
mesh_terms: 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