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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Cold agglutinin disease in COVID-19 causing severe intravascular hemolysis
Sarah Grace Priyadarshini1, Sreelakshmi Pasupulati2
1 Department of Pathology, Vijaya Medical and Educational Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Medicine, Vijaya Medical and Educational Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sarah Grace Priyadarshini
27 Vinayakar Koil Street, Little Mount, Chennai - 600 015, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/joah.joah_75_21
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Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a distinct type of acquired immune hemolytic anemia. It can be idiopathic (primary) or secondary to infections, neoplasms and autoimmune diseases. Mycoplasma pneumonia and EBV are the infections commonly associated with secondary CAD. In the current COVID-19 pandemic, there are very few case reports showing an association between CAD and COVID-19.
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