Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma presenting simultaneously with acquired hemophilia and warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
We present a case of a 75-year-old man in whom both diseases were present simultaneously with life-threatening bleeding. This case is an example of the successful initial management and long-term treatment of acquired hemophilia A, warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma with rituximab, prednisone, and cyclophosphamide.
PMID: 28670081 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Williams C, Cable C, Choi J Tags: Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) Source Type: research
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