Blood Res 2019; 54(4):
Published online December 31, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2019.54.4.242
© The Korean Society of Hematology
Correspondence to : Joowon Park, M.D., Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, 201 Manghyang-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 31116, Korea, E-mail: joowon@dankook.ac.kr
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A 61-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with lower back pain. Seven years ago, she had undergone modified radical mastectomy of the right breast due to invasive ductal carcinoma. Her blood cell counts on admission were as follows: WBC, 5.3×109/L (neutrophils 54%, lymphocytes 33%, monocytes 9%, eosinophils 3%, basophils 1%); Hb, 7.8 g/dL; platelets, 127×109/L; and absolute reticulocyte count, 262×109/L. A direct Coombs' test was positive for IgG, suggesting warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). Peripheral blood smear showed polychromasia and spherocytosis (
Blood Res 2019; 54(4): 242-242
Published online December 31, 2019 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2019.54.4.242
Copyright © The Korean Society of Hematology.
Joowon Park
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea
Correspondence to:Joowon Park, M.D., Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, 201 Manghyang-ro, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 31116, Korea, E-mail: joowon@dankook.ac.kr
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
A 61-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with lower back pain. Seven years ago, she had undergone modified radical mastectomy of the right breast due to invasive ductal carcinoma. Her blood cell counts on admission were as follows: WBC, 5.3×109/L (neutrophils 54%, lymphocytes 33%, monocytes 9%, eosinophils 3%, basophils 1%); Hb, 7.8 g/dL; platelets, 127×109/L; and absolute reticulocyte count, 262×109/L. A direct Coombs' test was positive for IgG, suggesting warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA). Peripheral blood smear showed polychromasia and spherocytosis (