1968 Volume 20 Issue 3 Pages 261-265
A case,38-year-old female, of idiopathic acquired hemolytic anemia was reported.
The patient was treated with ACTH, betamethason,6MP, blood transfusion and had splenectorny. Before the splenectomy, the response of the patient to those drugs was so transient as to require transfusion of large amount of blood; while, after the splenectomy, the response to betamethason was so improved that the patient's requirement of blood transfusion was markedly reduced, although the trial to discontinue the betamethason administration ended in failure.