Vol. 26 - Num. 103
Clinical Reviews
aMédico de Familia y médico puericultor. CS Los Pintores. Parla. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: MM Santos. E-mail: mariamercedes.santos@salud.madrid.org
Reference of this article: Santos Herrero MM. Hemolytic anemia in childhood secondary to Mycoplasma Pneumoniae pneumonia . Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2024;26:291-5. https://doi.org/10.60147/b8a0cabd
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Abstract
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is rare in childhood with an incidence of approximately 0.8-1.25 cases per 100,000 children and is the most frequent cause of extracorpuscular hemolytic anemia, having a higher incidence between 3 and 4 years of age.
Most of them are idiopathic, although they can also be secondary to autoimmune diseases, lymphoproliferative syndromes, tumors or infections (notably Mycoplasma and Epstein-Barr).
They usually present as a self-limiting condition associated with a viral infection. Children under 2 years of age and adolescents frequently present chronic forms, associated or not, with systemic diseases, especially immunodeficiencies or autoimmune disorders.
We present the case of an 11-year-old male patient, diagnosed with pneumonia with positive serologies for Mycoplasma and Cytomegalovirus, who developed autoimmune hemolytic anemia and required blood transfusion.
Keywords
● Autoimmune hemolytic anemia ● Childhood ● Mycoplasma pneumoniaComments
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