Successful exchange transfusion of an infant for AIHA developing late in mother's pregnancy

Transfusion. 1982 Jan-Feb;22(1):66-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1982.22182154222.x.

Abstract

A 25-year-old woman with apparently inactive Hodgkin's disease developed fulminant autoimmune hemolytic anemia in the 37th week of pregnancy. The baby required four exchange transfusions for hyperbilirubinemia. The same IgG antibody was found in mother and infant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / blood
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / complications
  • Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / therapy*
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood*
  • Female
  • Hemagglutinins / immunology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / blood
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / complications
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / therapy*
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third*

Substances

  • Hemagglutinins