title: [Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with mesenteric teratoma].
abstract: The paper describes a case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) in a 27-year-old woman whose examination revealed mesenteric teratoma. AIHA was characterized by a hypertensive crisis and a temporary response to corticosteroid therapy that was complicated by the development of somatogenic psychosis and discontinued. A relapse of hemolysis developed 6 months later. The patient underwent laparoscopic splenectomy and removal of mesenteric root teratoma. Immediately after surgery, a hematological response was obtained as relief of hemolysis and restoration of a normal hemoglobin level. There is a sustained remission of AIHA for the next 16 months.
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Ntanishyan
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Sabirov
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Shcherbakova
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Vybornykh
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Shupletsova
authors.affiliation: Hematology Research Center, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Tsvetaeva
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013156:Splenectomy; D013724:Teratoma / Q000601:surgery*