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Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia in ulcerative colitis —A report of two cases—

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Two cases of ulcerative colitis with a positive Coombs test are reported herein. In a 30 year old woman, hemolytic anemia was well controlled by excision of a rectal stump left over from a former operation. A 53 year old woman had a positive Coombs test without clinical hemolytic anemia 10 years after undergoing a total procto-colectomy with ileo-anal anastomosis. Thus we concluded that total procto-colectomy may be preventive, as well as therapeutic, for Coombs positive hemolytic anemia associated with ulcerative colitis.

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  1. The Research Center for Polyposis and Intestinal Disease, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Takeo Iwama MD

  2. the Second Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Mahito Imajo & Yoshio Mishima

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Iwama, T., Imajo, M. & Mishima, Y. Coombs-positive autoimmune hemolytic anemia in ulcerative colitis —A report of two cases—. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 21, 341–343 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02470957

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