Adult Evans' Syndrome

Evans syndrome (ES) is a rare immune disorder defined as the simultaneous or sequential occurrence in a single patient of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA) ± autoimmune neutropenia (AIN). ES represents approximately 5% to 10% of all wAIHA and 2%-5% of all ITP...

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Published in:	Hematology/oncology clinics of North America 2022-04, Vol.36 (2), p.381-392
Main Author:	Michel, Marc
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune - diagnosis Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune - therapy Autoimmune cytopenia Autoimmune hemolytic anemia Autoimmune neutropenia Evans syndrome Humans Immune thrombocytopenic purpura Neutropenia - diagnosis Neutropenia - etiology Neutropenia - therapy Primary immunodeficiencies Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic - diagnosis Thrombocytopenia - diagnosis Thrombocytopenia - etiology Thrombocytopenia - therapy
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Summary:	Evans syndrome (ES) is a rare immune disorder defined as the simultaneous or sequential occurrence in a single patient of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA) ± autoimmune neutropenia (AIN). ES represents approximately 5% to 10% of all wAIHA and 2%-5% of all ITP cases in adults and its mortality rate is high. When ITP and wAIHA occurred concomitantly, other differential diagnoses must be ruled out. ES can be primary or secondary and isolated or associated with another underlying disorder and secondary ES. The management of ES is mostly empirical with a low level of evidence. This review reports some new insights on this rare disease and provides some practical tools for the diagnosis and management of adult ES.
ISSN:	0889-8588 1558-1977