Neutrophilic erythrophagocytosis in myelodysplastic syndrome and cold agglutinin disease co-occurrence

Asra Amelirad; Parisa Modaresi; Hassan Soltani

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6828

Neutrophilic erythrophagocytosis in myelodysplastic syndrome and cold agglutinin disease co-occurrence

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jan 11;11(1):e6828. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6828. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Asra Amelirad¹, Parisa Modaresi², Hassan Soltani³

Affiliations

¹ Kowsar Medical Laboratory, Kowsar Hospital Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Sanandaj Iran.
² Department of Pathology, Kowsar Hospital Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Sanandaj Iran.
³ Public Health Laboratory Group Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Sanandaj Iran.

Abstract

In this article, we report the rare phenomenon of erythrophagocytosis by neutrophils in peripheral blood smear of a 56-year-old male patient with concurrent myelodysplastic syndrome and cold agglutinin disease.

Keywords: anemia; autoimmune; cold agglutinin disease; hemolytic; myelodysplastic syndromes; phagocytosis.

Publication types

Case Reports