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Coincidental occurrence of pernicious anemia and mycosis fungoides in two elderly males
Author(s) -
Saitoh Takayuki,
Murakami Hirokazu,
Hayashi Kumiko,
Matsushima Takafumi,
Tamura Jun'ichi,
Karasawa Masamitsu,
Naruse Takuji,
Tsuchiya Jun
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199806)58:2<127::aid-ajh7>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - pernicious anemia , mycosis fungoides , medicine , autoimmune hemolytic anemia , dermatology , anemia , immunology , pernicious anaemia , vitiligo , pathology , lymphoma
We experienced two rare cases of pernicious anemia that presented in the course of mycosis fungoides in elderly males. Pernicious anemia has recently been reported to be caused by autoimmune gastritis that produces autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells and intrinsic factor. Immunological abnormalities in mycosis fungoides are reported to induce autoimmune diseases (i.e., autoimmune hemolytic anemia, anti‐phospholipid antibody syndrome, arthritis, myasthenia gravis, necrotizing vasculitis, and vitiligo); the pernicious anemia in our two patients may have been closely related to the mycosis fungoides. Am. J. Hematol. 58:127–129, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.