Open AccessCongenital Haemolytic Anaemia with early onset and uncommon presentation: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Fazilatunnesa,
Anjuman Ara,
M Asadujjaman,
Shahanaz Jahan,
Muhammad Masud Hasan,
Kishwar Zaman Tamanna,
Ambia Begum,
Nahid Bintay Ansary
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
community based medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-848X
pISSN - 2226-9290
DOI - 10.3329/cbmj.v6i2.54729
Subject(s) - pallor , medicine , pediatrics , nose , red cell , thalassemia , anemia , surgery
Haemolytic anaemias result from an increase in the rate of red cell destruction. The lifespan of the normal red cell is 100-120 days; in the haemolytic anaemias it is shortened by varying degrees, and in very severe cases may be only a few days. Here we described a male child of 1.5 months presented with yellow coloration of whole body and sclera since birth, progressive pallor since birth & gradual abdominal distention for 20 days. The child was admitted to hospital with the complaints of bleeding from mouth and nose for 3 days. Peripheral blood film of the child showed features of hemolytic anaemia, as a congenital hemolytic anaemia probably hemoglobinopathies/thalassemia. As because the child is 1.5 months old the diagnosis was confirmed by Hb-electrophoresis of his parents. Hb-electrophoresis examination of the parent showed predominant Hb was HbE which was 90.0% found in mother & 92.4% found in father. So the case was diagnosed as congenital hemolytic anaemia, HbE disease.
CBMJ 2017 July: Vol. 06 No. 02 P: 32-37