Open AccessA Rare Cause of Anaemia in HIV/AIDS
Author(s) -
Samarth Virmani,
Rama Bhat,
Raghavendra Rao,
Ruchee Khanna,
Lipisha Agarwal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/28560.10338
Subject(s) - reticulocytosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , pediatrics , immunology , anemia
Patients living with HIV are commonly diagnosed with anaemia which can have various aetiologies. However, one of the rare causes of anaemia in such patients is Auto Immune Haemolytic Anaemia (AIHA), which is difficult to diagnose due to the absence of reticulocytosis in HIV patients. Such patients can be treated with corticosteroids which can gradually be tapered off over a period of time. The following is a case of a 52-year-old male living with HIV who was diagnosed to have AIHA and was successfully treated with steroids.