TY - JOUR
T1 - Paraneoplastic autoimmune hemolytic anemia in ovarian cancer
T2 - A marker of disease activity
AU - Loh, Kah Poh
AU - Kansagra, Ankit
AU - Asik, Armen
AU - Ali, Syed
AU - Dahiya, Saurabh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© K.P. Loh et al., 2015.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome associated with ovarian malignancies. We report a case of a 77 year-old female with metastatic ovarian carcinoma who presented with worsening anemia from her baseline, and was found to have a warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia. We performed a literature review and analyzed all 10 cases (including our patient) that have been reported to date, and incorporated the clinical presentation, histology and stage of underlying malignancies, types, treatment, prognosis and mechanisms of AIHA in ovarian carcinoma.
AB - Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome associated with ovarian malignancies. We report a case of a 77 year-old female with metastatic ovarian carcinoma who presented with worsening anemia from her baseline, and was found to have a warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia. We performed a literature review and analyzed all 10 cases (including our patient) that have been reported to date, and incorporated the clinical presentation, histology and stage of underlying malignancies, types, treatment, prognosis and mechanisms of AIHA in ovarian carcinoma.
KW - Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
KW - Ovarian cancer
KW - Paraneoplastic syndrome
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U2 - 10.4081/rt.2015.5598
DO - 10.4081/rt.2015.5598
M3 - Article
C2 - 25918604
AN - SCOPUS:84922780670
SN - 2036-3605
VL - 7
SP - 4
EP - 7
JO - Rare Tumors
JF - Rare Tumors
IS - 1
ER -