A case of cold agglutinin disease in the course of treatment for polymyalgia rheumatica
April 12th, 2009 | 
Author: Abstract A 60-year-old male who had been treated for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) with Raynaud’s phenomenon was admitted to our hospital
with acrocyanosis and rapid progressive anemia. Hemolytic anemia with reduction of haptoglobin and cold agglutinin was detected,
and the patient had a negative Donath-Landsteiner test. A skin biopsy from his toe revealed microthromboembolism without vasculitis,
resulting in the diagnosis of cold agglutinin disease (CAD). This is a first case report of CAD complicated with PMR.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Case ReportDOI 10.1007/s10165-009-0167-zAuthors
Hideki Nakamura, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology 1-7-1 Sakamoto Nagasaki Nag… MedWorm Message: Find out how you can get your message across here by sponsoring this MedWorm news feed.
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