Aplastic crisis and leg ulceration: two rare complications of hereditary sideroblastic anaemia.
Aplastic crisis as a result of parvovirus infection is seen in a number of haematologic disorders characterized by decreased red cell survival, and leg ulceration due to unknown causes is seen in a number of haemolytic anaemias. Neither of the two has been reported in a case of sideroblastic anemia. We report one case with each of these complications in association with sideroblastic anaemia.
Mehta
J
J
Blood Research Centre, Bombay.
Singhal
S
S
Mehta
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D000328:Adult; D000756:Anemia, Sideroblastic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications; D012010:Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / Q000209:etiology*