title: Leg ulcers in hereditary spherocytosis.
abstract: Refractory leg ulcers in two patients healed following splenectomy. Neither patient had the ethnic background or family history of haematological abnormalities to suggest a haemoglobinopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aronson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saxe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology