Hereditary spherocytosis with hemolytic crisis during pregnancy. Treatment by splenectomy.
Hemolytic anemia was detected in 2 young women in the second trimester of pregnancy. The diagnosis of hereditary spherocytosis was made, and the patients underwent uneventful splenectomy. Five similar cases from the literature are reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy