Hereditary elliptocytosis: morphologic abnormalities during acute hepatitis.
A 10-year-old black girl with hereditary elliptocytosis had a transient increase in hemolysis and unusual red cell morphologic changes during an episode of acute hepatitis. Changes in membrane lipids of these elliptocytes with defective membrane skeletal protein and abnormal distribution of cholesterol may be responsible for this phenomenon.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D004612:Elliptocytosis, Hereditary / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans