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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-3 | Issue-09
Haemolytic Anemia with Peripheral Gangrene a Rare Duo of Cold Agglutinin Disease
Nilesh Kumar, Amita Diwakar, Vijay Parashar, Pankaj kumar kannauje, Nikhil Srivastva
Published: Sept. 30, 2015 | 137 147
DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i09.031
Pages: 888-891
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Abstract
Primary cold agglutinin disease is usually associated with monoclonal cold-reacting auto antibodies. Disease is chronic and occurs after the fifth decade of life, with a peak incidence in the seventh and eighth decades. Acrocyanosis and Reynaud’s phenomenon usually associated with cold agglutinin syndrome where as Gangrene is a rare complication, usually associated with infections or B-cell lymph proliferative disorders. We present a case of fulminant gangrene of fingers in 50-year-old male with severe Hemolytic Anemia.