Indian Journal of Medical Specialities Trust
 
Teaching Round
 
Autoimmune haemolytic anemia with thrombocytopenia
 
Amit Kumar, Arunkumar R Pandey, Harpreet Singh
Department of Medicine, Lady Hardinge Medical College & SSK Hospital, New Delhi-110001.

Corresponding Author: Dr Amit Kumar Room No 112, House Surgeon Block, LHMC, New Delhi-110001. INDIA. Email: sinha_amit24@yahoo.com
Abstract

A 40 year old female presented with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and immune thrombocytopenia. A diagnosis of Evans Syndrome was made. The typical clinical course is chronic and relapsing, and therapy is generally progressive and poor. Evans syndrome is an uncommon condition. The present case was steroid-unresponsive but fortunately responded to I.V. immunoglobulin.

Key words: Autoimmune diseases, autoimmunity, anemia, intravenous immunoglobulins
 
 
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