title: A retinopathy in young patient with co-inheritance of heterozygous alpha + -thalassemia and sickle trait: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The retinopathy is an uncommon complication in individuals with sickle cell trait except for the cases of sickle cell trait associated with systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, syphilis, tuberculosis and sarcoidosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retinopathy in a 16 year-old child with no history of consanguinity in the parents revealed a sickle S trait associated to heterozygous alpha thalassemia. His mother has Sickle cell anaemia (Hb SS) and his father is a carrier of heterozygous alpha-thalassemia status that it was unknown before.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case report describes a proliferative retinopathy in a 16 year-old patient with co-inheritance of heterozygous alpha + -thalassemia and sickle trait.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department at Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Zohra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ouzzif
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine And Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco. a.elmaataoui@uiz.ac.ma.
authors.forename: Aissam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Maataoui
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department at Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Zeinab
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Traore
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department at Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Asmae
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biaz
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department at Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: El Machtani
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department at Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Abdellah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dami
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department at Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouhsain
authors.affiliation: Heamatological Department at Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Nezha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Messaoudi
authors.affiliation: Private Ophthalmologists, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Fatiha
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benchrifa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics
keywords: Case report; Heterozygous alpha-thalassemia; Neovascularization; Retinopathy; Sickle cells trait