[A case of UIP with autoimmune hemolytic anemia]

Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi. 1994 Jun;32(6):596-601.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 70-year-old male was admitted because of cough and sputum. Chest X-ray showed bilateral interstitial shadows, and usual interstitial pneumonitis was diagnosed by TBLB and BAL. He was followed without medication. The dyspnea increased and the abnormal shadow spread on chest X-ray. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia was newly diagnosed because the RBC count was 195 x 10(4)/mm3, Hb was 8.6 g/dl, and direct Coombs test and warm antibody were positive. In this case, there appears to be a relationship between deterioration of interstitial pneumonia and the on-set of autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / complications*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin A / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / complications*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / immunology
  • Macrophages, Alveolar / immunology
  • Male

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin G