Case Report

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome Accompanied by Mixed-Type Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Table 1

Laboratory findings on admission.

Peripheral blood
 White blood cell (/μL)8,000 (3,300–8,600)
  Neutrophil (%)58.6
  Eosinophil (%)1.0
  Monocytes (%)5.2
  Lymphocytes (%)33.2
 Red blood cell (×106/μL)1.3 (3.86–4.92)
 Hemoglobin (g/dL)7.2 (11.6–14.8)
 Hematocrit (%)18.4 (35.1–44.4)
 Platelet (×103/μL)240 (158–348)
 Reticulocytes (%)298.1 (3–22)
Coagulation study
 Prothrombin time (%)84.3 (>70)
 APTT (second)84.8 (24–37)
 Fibrinogen (mg/dL)219 (150–400)
 FDP (μg/mL)3.4 (<5)
 D-dimer (μg/mL)1.4 (<1)
Blood chemistry
 Total protein (g/dL)6.7 (6.6–8.1)
 Albumin (g/dL)3.2 (4.1–5.1)
 Total bilirubin (mg/dL)6.44 (0.4–1.5)
 Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)0.46 (0–0.3)
 Indirect bilirubin (mg/dL)5.98 (<0.9)
  AST (U/L)32 (13–30)
  ALT (U/L)7 (7–23)
  LD (U/L)513 (124–222)
  ALP (U/L)78 (38–113)
  γ-GTP (U/L)16 (9–32)
 Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)21.6 (8–20)
 Creatinine (mg/dL)0.42 (0.46–0.79)
 Uric acid (mg/dL)5.9 (2.6–5.5)
 Na (mmol/L)145 (138–145)
 K (mmol/L)3.3 (3.6–4.8)
 Cl (mmol/L)110 (101–108)
 Ca (mg/dL)8.3 (8.8–10.1)
 Fe (μg/dL)198 (40–188)
 UIBC (μg/dL)23 (155–350)
 TIBC (μg/dL)221 (250–410)
 Ferritin (ng/mL)218.8 (4.6–204)
 TSH (μIU/mL)1.39 (0.35–4.94)
 Free-T4 (ng/dL)1.1 (0.7–1.48)
 Vitamin B12 (pg/mL)375 (233–914)
 Folic acid (ng/mL)3.8 (3.6–12.9)
 sIL-2R (U/mL)816 (127–582)
 BNP (pg/mL)143.1 (<18.4)
 KL-6 (U/mL)583 (<500)
 CRP (mg/dl)0.11 (0–0.14)
Serological study
 IgG (mg/dL)1,725 (861–1,747)
 IgA (mg/dL)424 (93–393)
 IgM (mg/dL)391 (50–269)
 C3 (mg/dL)25.9 (73–138)
 C4 (mg/dL)1.9 (11–31)
 Rheumatoid factor (IU/mL)113 (<15)
 Cold agglutinin (fold)512 (<64)
 Cryoglobulin+
 Antinuclear Ab (fold)640 (<40)
Speckled cytoplasmic
 Anti-ds-DNA Ab (IU/mL)1.7 (<12)
 Anti-Sm Ab
 Anti-RNP Ab
 Anti-SS-A Ab
 Anti-SS-B Ab
 Anti-CLβ2GPI Ab (U/mL)2.1 (<3.5)
 Lupus anticoagulants2.59 (<1.2)
 HBV Ag
 HCV Ab+
 HTLV-1 Ab+
Electrophoresis
 Serum M-protein
 Urine M-protein
Test for hemolysis
 Direct Coombs test+
 Direct antiglobulin test
 IgG3+
 Complements3+
 Indirect Coombs test+
 Donath–Landsteiner test
Urinalysis
 Protein±
 Occult blood+

APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; FDP, fibrin-fibrinogen degradation product; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; LD, lactate dehydrogenase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; γ-GTP, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase; Na, sodium; K, potassium; Cl, chloride; Ca, calcium; Fe, iron; UIBC, unsaturated iron-binding capacity; TIBC, total iron-binding capacity; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; T4, thyroxine; sIL-2R, soluble interleukin-2 receptor; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; CRP, C-reactive protein; Ig, immunoglobulin; C3, third component of complement; C4, fourth component of complement; Ab, antibodies; CLβ2GP1, cardiolipin β2 glycoprotein I; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HTLV-1, human T-cell leukemia virus type-1. Numbers in parentheses indicate reference range.