Severe hemolysis due to IgA autoantibodies in a 10-month-old boy.

Auto-immune hemolytic anemia associated with IgA is uncommon. Case report. - A ten-month-old boy presented with a severe auto-immune hemo lytic anemia. Direct antiglobin test was positive only for IgA class autoan tibodies. He recovered with a high dose corticosteroid treatment. Conclusion. - IgA class autoantibodies should be searched for in the case o f a high suspicion of auto-immune hemolytic anemia with negative direct ant iglobin test for IgG and complement. Corticosteroid treatment is most often successful. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.