title: Acute splenic sequestration in the absence of palpable splenomegaly.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Acute splenic sequestration in children with sickle hemoglobinopathies is a medical emergency characterized by splenomegaly, anemia, and thrombocytopenia.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a young girl with hemoglobin SC disease who experienced an acute splenic sequestration without palpable splenomegaly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We emphasize the need for a high index of suspicion for splenic sequestration and the utility of ultrasonography in documenting splenomegaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kinney
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ware
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010173:Palpation; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis*