Autoimmune hemolytic anemia warm-antibody type (Warm AIHA) in an 8-year-old Balinese girl

Putu Tri Yasa; Ida Bagus Mudita; Hendra Santoso; Sudaryat Suraatmadja

doi:10.14238/pi41.1.2001.64-8

Putu Tri Yasa Department of Child Health, Udayana University Medical School/Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali
Ida Bagus Mudita Department of Child Health, Udayana University Medical School/Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali
Hendra Santoso Department of Child Health, Udayana University Medical School/Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali
Sudaryat Suraatmadja Department of Child Health, Udayana University Medical School/Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14238/pi41.1.2001.64-8

Keywords: autoimmune disease, anemia, hemolysis

Abstract

A case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia warm antibody type A (warm AIHA) in an 8-year-old Balinese girl was reported. The diagnosis was established based on clinical features, laboratory findings including positive Coombs' Â test positive. The etiology was probably primary or Idiopathic. The child was transfused with packed red cells and treated with oral prednisone. The response of the treatment was good and she experienced complete remission. The prognosis in patients with idiopathic warm AIHA are unpredictable. The girl underwent further follow-up in the child hematologic division every two weeks.

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