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Methods: In this retrospective study from July 2014 to June 2024, the clinical and laboratory features, treatment and outcomes of children diagnosed with autoimmune hemolytic anemia were described. The prevalence of peripheral erythrophagocytosis was compared to a group of children with hereditary spherocytosis at the time of first diagnosis seen in the same period. Results: Twelve consecutive children with autoimmune hemolytic anemia were included. There were four female patients. The mean age was 6.7 (range 0.8 to 16.6) years. The mean hemoglobin was 6.0 (range 2.5 to 8.1) g\/dL. Seven patients were positive by a direct antiglobulin test, three were positive with cold agglutinins and two were positive on both tests. In seven cases, an acute infection appeared to be the precipitating factor. Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was documented in three and suspected in another two cases. Peripheral erythrophagocytosis was present in five cases (42%) but was not found at diagnosis in any of the 16 cases of hereditary spherocytosis (p = 0.0081). Six children had pre-existing diseases, including two with hereditary hemolytic anemia. Conclusions: Peripheral erythrophagocytosis is a relatively common and characteristic finding in pediatric autoimmune hemolytic anemia and should be actively looked for in the evaluation of acute hemolysis, including in children with pre-existing hereditary hemolytic disorders.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/hematolrep17010004","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,20]],"date-time":"2025-01-20T09:11:13Z","timestamp":1737364273000},"page":"4","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Prevalence of Peripheral Erythrophagocytosis in Pediatric Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0148-8875","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anselm Chi-wai","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Haematology and Cancer Centre, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore 228510, Singapore"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"259","article-title":"Diagnosis and management of newly diagnosed childhood autoimmune hemolytic anemia. 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