Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia preceding ulcerative proctitis

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1991 Aug;13(2):197-200. doi: 10.1097/00005176-199108000-00014.

Abstract

A 12-year-old girl is described who developed rectal bleeding 5 months after being diagnosed as having a Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia. Colonoscopy showed that the rectal bleeding was due to ulcerative proctitis. This is the first case report of Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia preceding the onset of ulcerative proctitis in a child.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / complications*
  • Child
  • Colonoscopy
  • Coombs Test
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Proctitis / etiology*
  • Ulcer / etiology