This article presents a case report of a 43-year-old male patient with sickle cell anemia (SCA) who initially received a diagnosis of axial spondyloarthropathy (AxSpA) due to symptoms of low back pain. However, after an inadequate response to treatment, further imaging reve...
We have presented a case of sicklecell disease with severe anemia which responded to blood transfusions. After the anemia was corrected and the hemoglobin concentration stabilized, the patient developed two consecutive cerebral complications; first, a subarachnoid hemorrhage and, later, a cerebral thromb...
Evidence accumulated in many clinics by different observers has established beyond peradventure the existence of sickle cell anemia as a distinct clinical entity. Although the condition was first recognized by Herrick and reported as early as 1910, the relatively high morbidity among negroes was not su...
J. B. Herrick,1 in 1910, reported a peculiar dyscrasia characterized by severe anemia, with the occurrence in the blood of elongated and sickle-shaped erythrocytes. Three instances of this condition have since been described, one by R. E. Washburn;2 one by Cook and Myer,3 and one by ...
To report a rare case of spontaneous bilateral epidural hematoma (EDH) in a 10-year-old Nigerian child with sickle cell disease (SCD) and review the litera
Sickle cell anemia SG: Specific gravity SGOT: Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase SGPT: Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase T1W: T1-weighted T2W: T2-weighted WBC: White blood cell count References Hobson EV, Craven I, Blank SC. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: a truly tre...
J. B. Herrick,1in 1910, reported a peculiar dyscrasia characterized by severe anemia, with the occurrence in the blood of elongated and sickle-shaped erythrocytes. Three instances of this condition have since been described, one by R. E. Washburn;2one by Cook and Myer,3and one by V. ...
Sickle-cell anemia in pregnancy ☆ : A review of the literature and report of six cases Sickle cell anemia in pregnancy: a review of the literature and report of six cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1941;41:811.Kobak, A.J. , Stein, P.J. & Daro, A.F. ( 1941 ) Sickle-cell anemia ...
[7]. However, this clinical triad can also be observed in conditions such as autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), pyelonephritis, and renal stones. Although a marked elevation in LDH possesses higher specificity for renal infarction in the setting of elevated pretest probability, its overall ...
Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection of skeletal muscle and a rare complication of sickle cell anemia. It may present a difficult problem in diagnosis, leading to delay in appropriate treatment and development of complications including abscess formation and osteomyelitis. Case presentation We report the...