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Hodgkin’s lymphoma presenting as autoimmune hemolytic anemia

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Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a B-cell neoplasm, which usually presents with painless lymphadenopathy. Its presentation with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is rare, although the association of AIHA with other lymphoproliferative disorders is well known. Here, we report a case of a patient with warm AIHA who presented in a critical condition to hospital and was diagnosed with HL.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Alsamer Girls Center, King Khalid University, 61421, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Sohaila Fatima MBBS (MD)

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Hemato-Oncology Unit, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Wajih A. Siddiqui & Abdulrahman Alshehri

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Fatima, S., Siddiqui, W.A. & Alshehri, A. Hodgkin’s lymphoma presenting as autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Egypt J Intern Med 29, 144–146 (2017). https://doi.org/10.4103/ejim.ejim_15_17

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