Abstract

Se presenta el caso de un niño de 11 años atendido en el servicio de Medicina Interna de una institución pediátrica de alto nivel de complejidad.

El paciente consultó por un cuadro de anemia hemolítica autoinmune que respondió parcialmente al tratamiento con esteroides y luego de los estudios complementarios se encontró asociada a un linfoma Hodgkin. Se revisaron casos similares en la literatura y se hizo un análisis al respecto.

A través de este artículo se recuerda e insiste en que toda anemia hemolítica en niños se debe estudiar de forma pronta, profunda y sin descuidar posibles causas malignas relacionadas como una enfermedad linfoproliferativa; por lo tanto, antes de declarar una anemia hemolítica como idiopática, se debe estar seguro de que no se trata de una expresión clínica de otra enfermedad de base.

Alternate abstract:

This paper presents the case of an 11 year-old male who attended the Internal Medicine Service at a high complexity pediatric hospital.

Initially, the patient attended due to a clinical profile consisting of autoimmune hemolytic anemia that was partially responsive to steroid treatment and, after exhaustive complimentary analysis, was associated to a Hodgkin lymphoma. Similar cases found in the scientific literature were reviewed in order to analyze this case.

Through this paper, the authors intend to remind the medical community about the importance of a prompt and deep study of all autoimmune hemolytic anemia cases found in pediatric patients, without overlooking possible malignant causes related to this condition such as a lymphoproliferative disorder. Thus, before diagnosing a hemolytic anemia as idiopathic, the practitioner must be certain that the condition is not a clinical manifestation of an underlying disease.

Details

Title
Anemia hemolítica como manifestación inicial de la enfermedad de Hodgkin. Reporte de caso/Autoimmune hemolytic anemia as an initial manifestation of Hodgkin’s Disease: Case report
Author
Urrego-Díaz, José Augusto; Lozano-Triana, Carlos Javier; Landínez-Millán, Guillermo; Contreras-Acosta, Agustín Darío
Pages
551-553
Section
CASE REPORT
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ISSN
01200011
e-ISSN
23573848
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2310709473
Copyright
© 2016. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.