Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 13, Number 3, March 2022, pages 119-124

A Rare Case of Severe Hemolytic Anemia and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Chest X-ray demonstrating right and left mid-zone opacification consistent with bilateral pneumonia (white arrows).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. A CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) demonstrating filling defects in the right middle lobe pulmonary arteries (a, b), in the segmental branches of right upper lobe (c) and the right lower lobe pulmonary arteries (d), which were consistent with pulmonary embolism (white arrows).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Blood film demonstrating significant red cell agglutination and fragmentation (yellow arrows).
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Graph showing the hemoglobin levels during the various treatments.