A young girl with hemolytic anemia and elevated hemoglobin F.
The non-immune, non-spherocytic anemias result from multiple potential etiologies. We report a 16-year-old girl, who was presented with a long-standing anemia and normal blood screening tests except an elevated hemoglobin F. Her diagnosis of unstable hemoglobinopathy was made only after gene sequencing of the beta-globin chain.
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Nehal S
NS
Parikh
James D
JD
Hoyer
Timothy P
TP
Cripe
D000293:Adolescent; D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006453:Hemoglobinopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans
D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin