Fatal disseminated intravascular coagulation and pulmonary thrombosis following blood transfusion in a patient with severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia and human immunodeficiency virus infection

Background: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) has rarely been reported in association with human immunodeficiency (HIV) infection and never as a presenting manifestation. Similarly, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a very infrequent complication of HIV infection.

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