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J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
; 26(12): 849-51, 2004 Dec.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15591912
RESUMO
Splenic rupture is a very rare event in adult homozygous sickle cell patients. The authors describe a 19-year-old patient with homozygous sickle cell disease who experienced an acute splenic rupture crisis requiring emergent splenectomy. He had been receiving chronic blood transfusions regularly for 7 years secondary to a previous stroke. It is possible that these transfusions contributed to regeneration of splenic red pulp, which allowed a crisis to occur at an advanced age.