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SILVA RIVERA, Mayelin et al. Evans Fisher Syndrome. ccm [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.3, pp. 536-541. ISSN 1560-4381.

Evans Fisher Syndrome was described in 1951 by Robert Evans, defined as an atypical immune disorder and infrequent caused by antibodies against membrane antigen of red cells and platelets with hemorrhagic manifestations in skin and mucous membranes, generally evolving not always favorable prone chronicity and frequent referrals. A patient whose diagnosis was made to determine the presence of antibodies against blood cells mentioned before in childhood (at 9 months) with an unfavorable evolution that led to several admissions at intensive care. Now the patient is 15 years and has 11 weeks of gestation and presented important episodes of hemolysis, steroid treatment was not effective so to interrupt the pregnancy was necessary in order to preserve the life of the mother.

Palabras clave : autoimmune hemolytic anemia; pregnancy; Evans Syndrome.

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