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27.12.2016 | Case Report
Oral cyclophosphamide was effective for Coombs-negative autoimmune hemolytic anemia in CD16+CD56− chronic lymphoproliferative disorder of NK-cells
verfasst von:
Nodoka Sekiguchi, Sayaka Nishina, Toru Kawakami, Hitoshi Sakai, Noriko Senoo, Yasushi Senoo, Toshiro Ito, Hiroshi Saito, Hideyuki Nakazawa, Tomonobu Koizumi, Fumihiro Ishida
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International Journal of Hematology
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Ausgabe 6/2017
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Abstract
An 84-year-old woman was referred to our hospital presenting anemia. Her hemoglobin level was 5.8 g/dL, and white blood cell count was 9400/μL, consisting of 82% lymphocytes. Given the lymphocyte phenotype (CD2+, CD3−, CD16+, and CD56−) and negative whole blood EBV viral load, we made a diagnosis of chronic lymphoproliferative disorder of NK cells (CLPD-NK). We suspected hemolytic anemia because of the high levels of reticulocytes in the peripheral blood and the low haptoglobin value. Although the direct Coombs test was negative and there was no cold agglutination, we examined her red-blood-cell-bound IgG (RBC-IgG), which was elevated. She was diagnosed as having as Coombs-negative autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). We report the effectiveness of oral cyclophosphamide for Coombs-negative autoimmune hemolytic anemia in CLPD-NK.