Hemolytic Anemia as a Sequela of Arsenic Intoxication Following Long-Term Ingestion of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Je Jung Lee; Yeo Kyeoung Kim; Sang Hee Cho; Kyeong Soo Park; Ik Joo Chung; Duck Cho; Dong Wook Ryang; Hyeoung Joon Kim

doi:10.3346/jkms.2004.19.1.127

Hemolytic Anemia as a Sequela of Arsenic Intoxication Following Long-Term Ingestion of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Je Jung Lee, Yeo Kyeoung Kim, Sang Hee Cho, Kyeong Soo Park, Ik Joo Chung, Duck Cho, Dong Wook Ryang, Hyeoung Joon Kim

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics

Chonnam National University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	127-129
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Korean Medical Science
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.1.127
State	Published - Feb 2004

Keywords

Anemia, hemolytic
Arsenic
Medicine, traditional chinese

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