Hemolytic Anemia as a Sequela of Arsenic Intoxication Following Long-Term Ingestion of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
10.3346/jkms.2004.19.1.127
- Author:
Je Jung LEE
1
;
Yeo Kyeoung KIM
;
Sang Hee CHO
;
Kyeong Soo PARK
;
Ik Joo CHUNG
;
Duck CHO
;
Dong Wook RYANG
;
Hyeoung Joon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. hjoonk@chonnam.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anemia, Hemolytic;
Arsenic;
Medicine, Traditional Chinese
- MeSH:
Anemia, Hemolytic/*diagnosis;
Arsenic/*toxicity/urine;
*Arsenic Poisoning;
Erythrocytes/*cytology;
Female;
Human;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional/*adverse effects;
Middle Aged;
Time Factors
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2004;19(1):127-129
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report on a 51-yr-old woman who developed intravascular hemolytic anemia caused by arsenic after long-term ingestion of a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Twelve years before the admission, she was diagnosed as neurocysticercosis. She has ingested a TCM for about 12 yr instead of undergoing medical therapy for the disease. She was presented with a severe Coombs'-negative hemolytic anemia with hemosiderinuria. The urine arsenic level was elevated suggesting the arsenic intoxication as a cause of the anemia. She was treated successfully with therapeutic red cell exchange without any sequelae.
