Acquired hemolytic anemia

Acquired hemolytic anemia
ICD-10	D59
ICD-9	283

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Acquired hemolytic anemia can be divided into immune and non-immune mediated forms of hemolytic anemia.

Immune

Immune mediated hemolytic anemia (direct Coombs test is positive)

• Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  • Warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia
    • Idiopathic
    • Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
    • Evans' syndrome (antiplatelet antibodies and hemolytic antibodies)
  • Cold antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia
    • Idiopathic cold hemagglutinin syndrome
    • Infectious mononucleosis and mycoplasma ( atypical) pneumonia
    • Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (rare)
• Alloimmune hemolytic anemia
  • Haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN)
    • Rh disease (Rh D)
    • ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn
    • Anti-Kell hemolytic disease of the newborn
    • Rhesus c hemolytic disease of the newborn
    • Rhesus E hemolytic disease of the newborn
    • Other blood group incompatibility (RhC, Rhe, Kidd, Duffy, MN, P and others)
  • Alloimmune hemolytic blood transfusion reactions (ie from a non-compatible blood type)
• Drug induced immune mediated hemolytic anemia
  • Penicillin (high dose)
  • Methyldopa

Non-immune

Non-immune mediated hemolytic anemia (direct Coombs test is negative)

• Drugs (i.e., some drugs and other ingested substances lead to haemolysis by direct action on RBCs, e.g. ribavirin )
• Toxins (e.g., snake venom; plant poisons such as aesculin)
• Trauma
  • Mechanical (heart valves, extensive vascular surgery, microvascular disease)
• Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (a specific subtype with causes such as TTP, HUS, DIC and HELLP syndrome)
• Infections (Note: Direct Coombs test is sometimes positive in hemolytic anemia due to infection)
  • Malaria
  • Babesiosis
  • Septicaemia
• Membrane disorders
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (rare acquired clonal disorder of red blood cell surface proteins)
  • Liver disease

Drug induced hemolysis

Drug induced hemolysis has large clinical relevance. It occurs when drugs actively provoke red blood cell destruction. It can be divided in the following manner:

• Drug-induced autoimmune hemolytic anaemia

• Drug-induced nonautoimmune hemolytic anaemia

A total of four mechanisms are usually described, but there is some evidence that these mechanisms may overlap.