Haemolytic Anemia Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Case Report

Ramesh T V¹, Gopi Ayyaswamy², Zioni Sangeetha³, Vinod Kumar P^*4

We report a 32-year-old male who presented with features of haemolytic anemia and later diagnosed as a case of SLE.

Abstract

Cold agglutinin-induced haemolytic anemia is extremely rare as the primary presentation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Only A new case has been reported in the literature so far. Here, we report a 32-year-old male who presented with features of haemolytic anemia and was later diagnosed as a case of SLE.

Keywords: Autoimmune haemolytic anemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, and LFT.

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