CLINICAL CASES   

Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2001 June;160(3):115-6

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language: Italian

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with primary adrenal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Nifosì G.

Azienda Ospedaliera Gravina - Caltagirone (CT), U.O. di Medicina Interna - Oncoematologia

Primary localized adrenal non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas are extremely rare and have a very poor prognosis: a median survival of 12.5 weeks. The case of an 80-year-old female with primary non-Hodkin’s lymphoma of the adrenal gland is reported. Disease onset was characterized by severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and diagnosis was made by echo-guided biopsy. The importance of this case lies in the very rare occurrence of this disease, its association with autoimmune hemolytic anemia, the diagnosis made by ultrasound-guided biopsy, and good response to the chemotherapy compared to cases reported in the literature.