A Rare Case of Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia- Tuberculosis
Durga Krishnan
Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam - 603103, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kaliyannan Mayilananthi
Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam - 603103, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vrinda Vijayakumari *
Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam - 603103, Tamil Nadu, India.
Thejesh Chikmangalur Vishwanath
Department of General Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam - 603103, Tamil Nadu, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. The disease still puzzles us with its varied clinical presentations and complications. Though tuberculosis is known to have many hematological manifestations, auto immune hemolytic anemia is extremely rare in tuberculosis. Here we report aninteresting case of tuberculosis presenting with auto immune hemolytic anemia. The treatment withanti tuberculous therapy is enough for the managing tuberculosis associated auto immune hemolyticanemia.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, haemolytic anemia, pleural effusion