Hereditary spherocytosis

Hereditary spherocytosis is a congenital hemolytic anemia with a wide clinical spectrum (from symptom-free carriers to severe hemolysis) characterized by anemia, variable jaundice, splenomegaly and cholelithiasis.

Fever

Elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation.


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PMID (PMCID)
27906107
(5134285)
 FEMALE Adult
Previously undiagnosed hereditary spherocytosis in a patient with jaundice and pyelonephritis: a case report.
Tateno Y, Suzuki R, Kitamura Y.
J Med Case Rep. 2016;10(1):337.
A 42-year-old Asian woman presented to our clinic with a sudden onset of high fever with shaking chills and jaundice, suggesting septicemia; however, following detailed investigation, the patient was diagnosed with pyelonephritis and accelerated hemolysis of hereditary spherocytosis due to infection.
24618088
(3995927)
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Human parvovirus B19-induced aplastic crisis in an adult patient with hereditary spherocytosis: a case report and review of the literature.
Kobayashi Y, Hatta Y, Ishiwatari Y, Kanno H, Takei M.
BMC Res Notes. 2014;7:137.
A 33-year-old woman with hereditary spherocytosis and gallstones was admitted because of rapid progress in marked anemia and fever.
24051978
 FEMALE Child
Conservative management of accessory spleen torsion in children.
Scire G, Zampieri N, El-Dalati G, Camoglio FS.
Minerva Pediatr. 2013;65(4):453-6.
In April 2009 we observed a 10-year-old child affected by hereditary spherocytosis who reported acute abdominal pain without fever or vomiting.
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 MALE Adult
Postsplenectomy sepsis due to influenzal viremia and pneumococcemia.
Roberts GT, Roberts JT.
Can Med Assoc J. 1976;115(5):435-7.
A 31-year-old man, who had undergone splenectomy 18 months previously because of hereditary spherocytosis, suddenly became ill, with fever, vomiting, epigastric pain and shock, and died 10 hours after the onset of his symptoms.