Beta-thalassemia

Beta-thalassemia (BT) is characterized by deficiency (Beta+) or absence (Beta0) of synthesis of the beta globin chains of hemoglobin (Hb).

Hypertension

The presence of chronic increased pressure in the systemic arterial system.


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PMID (PMCID)
23912571
 MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Status epilepticus amauroticus and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in children.
Muro VL, Yip S, Huh L, Connolly MB.
J Clin Neurophysiol. 2013;30(4):344-7.
Case 2: A 10-year-old girl with beta-thalassemia treated with allogenic bone marrow transplantation developed acute headache, hypertension, severe visual impairment (light perception), encephalopathy, and intermittent dysconjugate gaze.
16680745
 MALE Adult
Pulmonary hypertension and beta-thalassemia major: report of a case, its treatment, and a review of the literature.
Tam DH, Farber HW.
Am J Hematol. 2006;81(6):443-7.
To our knowledge, this is the first case of pulmonary hypertension associated with beta-thalassemia treated with continuous epoprostenol infusion and desferoxamine.
16076916
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Glycemic monitoring in diabetics with sickle cell plus beta-thalassemia hemoglobinopathy.
Kosecki SM, Rodgers PT, Adams MB.
Ann Pharmacother. 2005;39(9):1557-60.
A 53-year-old African American woman presented with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, seizure disorder, rheumatoid arthritis, and sickle cell disease plus beta-thalassemia.
12172767
 MALE
An unusual etiology of hypertension in a 5-year-old boy.
Menschik D, Lovvorn H, Hill A, Kelly P, Jones DP.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2002;17(7):524-6.
We present a 5-year-old boy with sickle beta-thalassemia whose hypertension is caused by a perihilar ganglioneuroma encasing the right renal artery and distorting the right renal vein.
3339736
 FEMALE
Hereditary xanthinuria in 2 Pakistani sisters: asymptomatic in one with beta-thalassemia but causing xanthine stone, obstructive uropathy and hypertension in the other.
Maynard J, Benson P.
J Urol. 1988;139(2):338-9.
Hereditary xanthinuria in 2 Pakistani sisters: asymptomatic in one with beta-thalassemia but causing xanthine stone, obstructive uropathy and hypertension in the other.