Hereditary spherocytosis.
A 12-year-old girl was brought to the Dhaka Hospital of ICDDR,B with diarrhoea. Incidentally, the parents provided a history of repeated episodes of pallor and jaundice since she was two and half years old. Three of her family members had similar problems. History, clinical examination, and laboratory findings of the girl and her family members suggested a case of hereditary spherocytosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such a case in Bangladesh.
Huq
Sayeeda
S
Clinical Sciences Division, ICDDR,B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Pietroni
Mark A C
MA
Rahman
Hafizur
H
Alam
Mohammad Tariqul
MT
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001459:Bangladesh; D002648:Child; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D012275:Oryza; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014815:Vitamins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D006454:Hemoglobins; D014815:Vitamins; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D005492:Folic Acid