Open AccessSEVEREULCERATIVE COLITIS ASSOCIATED WITH COOMBS POSITIVE AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA TREATED WITH INFLIXIMAB
Author(s) -
a Busbaih,
Albatool Abdulmajeed,
b Hodaya,
Ghufran Ali,
c Busbaih,
J. Salman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/13075
Subject(s) - autoimmune hemolytic anemia , ulcerative colitis , medicine , infliximab , hemolytic anemia , anemia , immunology , coombs test , colitis , gastroenterology , antibody , tumor necrosis factor alpha , disease
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is rarely associated with ulcerative colitis, and counts only for 0.2-0.7% of adult patient.Coombs positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia which account for only 1.82% in patient with ulcerative colitis without any hemolytic evidence(1). Here we report a case of sever ulcerative colitis associated with Coombs positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) in response to Infliximab.