Severe mechanical hemolysis in a patient with thalassemia minor who had undergone inappropriate splenectomy

Int J Hematol. 2016 Aug;104(2):147-8. doi: 10.1007/s12185-016-2023-1. Epub 2016 May 20.

Authors

Lorenzo Falchi¹, Lola M Grillo², Jillian L Diuguid-Gerber², Andrew B Eisenberger², Joseph G Jurcic²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 177 Ft. Washington Avenue, MHB 6GN-435, New York, NY, 10032, USA. lmf2155@cumc.columbia.edu.
² Division of Haematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 177 Ft. Washington Avenue, MHB 6GN-435, New York, NY, 10032, USA.

PMID: 27206816
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-016-2023-1

No abstract available

Keywords: Hemolytic anemia; Paravalvular leak; Schistocyte; Splenectomy; Thalassemia.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Hemolysis*
Humans
Splenectomy / adverse effects*
beta-Thalassemia / complications*