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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2015; 05(01): 088-090
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703873
Case Report

AUTOMMUNE HAEMOLYTIC ANEMIA : A REPORT OF TWO CASES

Chandrika Rao
1   Assistant Professor & Blood Bank Officer, Department of Pathology K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
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Jayaprakash Shetty
2   Professor & HOD, Department of Pathology K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
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Abstract

Autoimmune hemolytic anaemia (AIHA) is rare clinical disorder and requires efficient immunohematological and transfusion support. We report two cases of Immune hemolytic anaemia. A case of AIHA in congestive cardiac failure and second a known case of Giant cell arteritis with cold antibodies. Both the cases we encountered problems during cross matching.

Keywords

AIHA - Blood transfusion - direct antiglobulin test - autoantibodies


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