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Case Reports
. 1999 Mar-Apr;24(2):188-90.
doi: 10.1007/s002619900473.

Splenic calcifications in heterozygote sickle cell patients

A Ozgen  1 , D Akata, A Arat, M Ozdogan, O Akhan, M N Ozmen
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Case Reports

Splenic calcifications in heterozygote sickle cell patients

A Ozgen et al. Abdom Imaging. 1999 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

A small, fibrotic, and even calcified spleen is the hallmark of homozygote sickle cell disease in adults. Such a condition is very rare in sickle-thalassemia and, to our knowledge, not previously reported in a sickle cell trait. We report two heterozygote sickle cell siblings with splenic calcifications, one sickle cell trait and one sickle-beta+-thalassemia, without any history suggestive of splenic vasooclusive-infarctive crisis.

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  • Sickle-beta-thalassemia and splenic calcification.
    Senol U, Lüleci E, Keser I, Güzeloglu-Kayisli O, Toraman AD, Lüleci G, Canatan D. Senol U, et al. Abdom Imaging. 2001 Sep-Oct;26(5):557. doi: 10.1007/s00261-001-0062-3. Abdom Imaging. 2001. PMID: 11503099 No abstract available.

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