Department of Pediatrics, Roi Baudouin Hospital Center of Guediawaye, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa
Case Report
Asplenia in a 12 Year Old Boy with Sickle Beta Thalassemia
Author(s): Diouf JBN*, Noubadoum A and Sougou NM
Sickle cell anemia is an inherited hemoglobin disease caused by the substitution of valine for glutamic acid in position 6 of the ß chain of globin. It is the most common genetic disease in the world. Its severity is linked to its complications. Asplenia is a rare chronic complication due to repeated infarctions. The authors report a case of asplenia in a 12-year-old thalasso-sickle cell patient... View More»
