A warm-reactive autoimmune hemolytic anemia found in combination with thrombocytopenia in a patient is called:
a. Evans syndrome
b. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
c. Hereditary spherocytosis with thrombocytopenia
d. Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
ANS: A
When thrombocytopenia and a warm-reactive autoimmune hemolytic anemia are found together, the clinical condition is called Evans syndrome.
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