Acquired Hemolytic Anemia Secondary to Boeck's Sarcoid

Abstract

A CQUIRED hemolytic anemia secondary to splenic involvement with Boeck's sarcoid is rare. Only 5 cases of the association of sarcoidosis and hemolytic anemia have been reported,1 2 3 4 5 and only 1 of these showed sarcoid involvement of the spleen.3 Two cases exhibited hemolytic anemia of the spherocytic type.4 , 5 ft was not clear whether these cases of spherocytosis were of the congenital or acquired types. If they were of congenital origin, the relation to sarcoidosis would be coincidental. This report, therefore, constitutes the second verified case of hemolytic anemia secondary to splenic involvement with Boeck's sarcoid that has been reported.Since 1930, . . .