title: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in a patient with probable ataxia telangiectasia: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is one of the combined immunodeficiency syndromes with immunologic, neurologic, endocrinologic, hepatic and cutaneous abnormalities. Regarding the fact that autoimmune disorders; such as autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), are not generally expected in the course of AT, we present a patient with an unusual presentation of these two conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  An otherwise seemingly normal girl, who had developed limping at the age of 11 months old, referred to Namazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, due to pallor and latitude at the age of 3 yrs and was diagnosed of AIHA. After 2 years of therapeutic course she developed ocular telangiectasia and ataxic gate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case emphasizes on the possibility of ataxia telangiectasia coexistence with autoimmune disorders that must be taken into consideration by physicians.
authors.affiliation: Allergy Research Center, Shiraz university of medical science, Shiraz, Iran, alyasins@sums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Soheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alyasin
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khoshkhui
authors.forename: Farhad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abolnezhadian
mesh_terms: D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans