title: Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia with renal neoplasm.
abstract: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a type of hemolytic anemia characterized by autoantibodies directed against red blood cells shortening their survival. When autoimmune hemolytic anemia is secondary to a paraneoplastic process, severe anemia can occur leading to significant morbidity and even mortality. Here we discuss the literature and present the case of a child with autoimmune hemolytic anemia from a paraneoplastic syndrome secondary to a renal tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA, surgerystjoes@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emily C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: Sahil P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Parikh
authors.forename: Nishith
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
mesh_terms: D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography