Hereditary elliptocytosis

Hereditary elliptocytosis (HE) is a rare clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder of the red cell membrane characterized by manifestations ranging from mild to severe transfusion-dependent hemolytic anemia but with the majority of patients being asymptomatic.

Abdominal pain

An unpleasant sensation characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching) and perceived to originate in the abdomen.


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PMID (PMCID)
8308671
 MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Thrombosis of the portal venous system after splenectomy for pediatric hematologic disease.
Skarsgard E, Doski J, Jaksic T, Wesson D, Shandling B, Ein S, Babyn P, Heiss K, Hu X.
J Pediatr Surg. 1993;28(9):1109-12.
Between 1981 and 1991, 3 patients (13-year-old boy with hereditary elliptocytosis [HE], 13-year-old boy with thalassemia intermedia [TI], and 18-year-old girl with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura [ITP]) presented with abdominal pain, nausea, with or without fever, at 4, 11, and 13 days postsplenectomy, respectively.