title: [Sickle cell anemia in surgical patients. Significance and problems].
abstract: Drepanocytosis, a disease notoriously widespread among blacks, is surprisingly frequent in certain Italian islands. Surgical aspects of the disease are discussed: erythrocyte sequestration attacks, pigmentary cholelithiasis, priapism, malleolar ulcers and vaso-occlusive attacks. A knowledge of such aspects is considered fundamental for the purposes of a reasoned differential diagnosis in the field of paediatric pathologies requiring surgery.
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
vernacular_title: La falcemia nel paziente chirurgico. Significato e problemi.