Case Report

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Hodgkin’s Disease: An Unusual Pediatric Association

Table 1

Hematologic values.

ParametersValues at
presentation
Values 1 month laterValues after 1 cycle
of treatment
Reference

Hemoglobin concentration9.4 8.012.3 Lower limit of normal, 12.0 g/dL

Hematocrit33.52638.2Lower limit of normal, 36%

Mean corpuscular volume73.5 75 80.7 Lower limit of normal, 78 fL

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin21.1 24 28Lower limit of normal, 28 pg

Reticulocytes 10%9%10.5–2.5%

Iron24 26 3023–123 μmol/L

Total iron-binding capacity 39.1 40.5 5554–68 μmol/L

Ferritin254 463 15012–150 μg/L

Leukocytes10.3 × 1039.9 × 1034.0 × 1035.0–14.5 × 103/µL
Neutrophils6.9 × 1035.4 × 1031.5 × 1031.0–8.5 × 103/µL
Lymphocytes1.8 × 1032.3 × 1032.0 × 1031.5–8.0 × 103/µL

Platelets341 × 103239 × 103200 × 103200–450 × 103/µL