Intravascular haemolysis - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Intravascular haemolysis
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Description
- "rarer:
mechanical
- complement fixation
- toxins
RBCs lyse in the circulation releasing hemoglobin into the plasma.
Causes:
- mechanical trauma
- - complement fixation
- - toxic damage to the RBC.
The fragmented RBCs are called schistocytes.
Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is greatly elevated"