Beta-thalassemia

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

Anemia

A reduction in erythrocytes volume or hemoglobin concentration.


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PMID (PMCID)
31110746
OTHER
Particular etiology in a case of peripheral tetraparesis.
Gheorghe GS, Hodorogea AS, Gheorghe ACD, Zaharia OIR, Neacsu O, Nanea IT, Ciobanu A.
Clin Case Rep. 2019;7(5):1062-1066.
We report the case of nonprofessional lead intoxication manifested by tetraparesis, severe anemia, and hemolysis in a patient having also unknown beta thalassemia minor.
28428899
(5385913)
OTHER
Watershed Infarct in Beta-Thalassemia Major Patient.
Ansari B, Saadatnia M, Asghar Okhovat A.
Case Rep Neurol Med. 2017;2017:2736402.
However, there is no report of watershed infarct in beta-thalassemia anemia.
25000650
FEMALE Adult
Notorious anti-Jk3 in a pregnant woman.
Jator EK.
Clin Lab Sci. 2014;27(2):78-82.
This patient, with a history of mild anemia due to beta-thalassemia minor and two known transfusion of packed red cells came to an emergency room complaining of severe abdominal cramps.
22766185
FEMALE Adult
[Unusual aspect of pernicious anemia during association of beta-thalassemia: a new case report and literature review].
Diop MM, Toure PS, Leye MY, Leye A, El Fadjri S, Diop M, Ka MM, Diop OD, Fall S, Ndiaye FS.
Mali Med. 2012;27(1):71-2.
[Unusual aspect of pernicious anemia during association of beta-thalassemia: a new case report and literature review].
19788508
FEMALE Infant
Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction with hyperhemolysis after first red blood cell transfusion in child with beta-thalassemia: challenges in treatment.
Hannema SE, Brand A, van Meurs A, Smiers FJ.
Transfusion. 2010;50(2):429-32.
A 1.5-year-old girl with homozygous beta-thalassemia was put on a regular RBC transfusion program because of anemia with stunted growth and abnormal bone development.
20594021
MALE Middle Aged
Extramedullary hematopoietic tumor mimicking a thoracic nerve root schwannoma.
Oermann EK, Coppa ND, Margolis M, Sandhu FA.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2010;13(1):78-81.
The authors report the case of a 51-year-old man with beta-thalassemia and chronic anemia who was found to have a 4-cm paravertebral mass suggestive of a schwannoma.
20353356
MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Molecular characterization of a Chinese pedigree with beta-thalassemia intermedia.
Huang G, Jiang WL, Rong KB, Li YX, Luo XL, Meng JX, Yu XY.
Hemoglobin. 2010;34(2):179-83.
Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH), often associated with mutations in the beta-globin gene cluster, is normally benign, but a person carrying both HPFH and another beta-thalassemia (beta-thal) mutation will develop serious anemia.
19624489
MALE Young Adult
Alloanti-c/ce in a c+ceAR/Ce patient suggests that the rare RHCE ceAR allele (ceAR) encodes a partial c antigen.
Peyrard T, Pham BN, Poupel S, Martin-Blanc S, Auxerre C, Kappler-Gratias S, Bonin P, Rouger P, Le Pennec PY.
Transfusion. 2009;49(11):2406-11.
A 21-year-old patient suffering from intermediate beta-thalassemia, with transfusion history, was hospitalized for severe anemia.
19034506
FEMALE Infant
Interaction of Hb South Florida (codon 1; GTG-->ATG) and HbE, with beta-thalassemia (IVS1-1; G-->A): expression of different clinical phenotypes.
Tan JA, Tan KL, Omar KZ, Chan LL, Wee YC, George E.
Eur J Pediatr. 2009;168(9):1049-54.
HbE-beta-thalassemia generally manifests with severe anemia where individuals exhibit beta-thalassemia major with regular blood transfusions or beta-thalassemia intermedia with periodic blood transfusions.
19536514
MALE Adult
[Severe microcytic anemia with megaloblastic changes in the bone marrow. A hematological paradoxon?].
Reibke R, Hausmann A, Cnossen J, Hiddemann W, Spiekermann K, Braess J.
Internist (Berl). 2009;50(7):881-6.
The paradoxon therefore dissolved as a pernicious anemia with megaloblastic changes with microcytic erythrocytes due to beta-thalassemia.
19536514
MALE Adult
[Severe microcytic anemia with megaloblastic changes in the bone marrow. A hematological paradoxon?].
Reibke R, Hausmann A, Cnossen J, Hiddemann W, Spiekermann K, Braess J.
Internist (Berl). 2009;50(7):881-6.
Further work-up verified beta-thalassemia minor and revealed severely decreased vitamin B12 levels with positive anti intrinsic-factor antibodies, pathognomonic for autoimmune pernicious anemia.
18246369
FEMALE
Crohn's disease, autoimmune thyroiditis, and beta-thalassemia trait in an adolescent: an unusual combination of diseases.
Bank I, Busari JO.
Eur J Pediatr. 2008;167(11):1343-6.
Clinical and laboratory evaluation revealed a microcytemic anemia with iron deficiency, beta thalassemia, and thyrotoxicosis with thyroid antibodies.
17805044
MALE
An Iranian child with HbQ-Iran [alpha75 (EF4) Asp-->His]/-alpha3.7 kb/IVSII.1 G-->A: first report.
Rahimi Z, Akramipour R, Vaisi-Raygani A, Nagel RL, Muniz A.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007;29(9):649-51.
This report indicates that HbQ-Iran to be a benign structural variant of Hb, that in combination with -alpha3.7 kb gene and beta0-thalassemia, presents a minor beta-thalassemia picture with moderate anemia.
15755051
FEMALE Adult
Erythropoietin use in a pregnant Jehovah's witness with anemia and beta-thalassemia: a case report.
Bennett M, Macri CJ, Bathgate SL.
J Reprod Med. 2005;50(2):135-7.
A 26-year-old, African American woman belonging to the Jehovah's Witness sect presented with anemia associated with beta-thalassemia.
15755051
FEMALE Adult
Erythropoietin use in a pregnant Jehovah's witness with anemia and beta-thalassemia: a case report.
Bennett M, Macri CJ, Bathgate SL.
J Reprod Med. 2005;50(2):135-7.
We treated anemia caused by beta-thalassemia in pregnancy with synthetic erythropoietin to avoid a transfusion in a Jehovah's Witness.
15755051
FEMALE Adult
Erythropoietin use in a pregnant Jehovah's witness with anemia and beta-thalassemia: a case report.
Bennett M, Macri CJ, Bathgate SL.
J Reprod Med. 2005;50(2):135-7.
Erythropoietin use in a pregnant Jehovah's witness with anemia and beta-thalassemia: a case report.
12187108
MALE Adult
Renal tubular dysfunction in a patient with beta-thalassemia minor.
Oktenli C, Bulucu F.
Nephron. 2002;92(1):222-3.
Based upon the detailed evaluation for both asymptomatic urinary abnormality and anemia, he was diagnosed as having renal tubular dysfunction and beta-thalassemia minor (hemoglobin A(1)was 91%, and hemoglobin A(2)was 9%).
10532663
MIXED_SAMPLE Child
Tubulointerstitial renal failure in childhood leptospirosis.
Vachvanichsanong P, Dissaneewate P, Mitarnun W.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 1999;15(5):332-4.
Only one child, who had an underlying disease of beta-thalassemia/Hb E, had jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, and thrombocytopenia.
8037185
MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Beta-thalassemia alleles and unstable hemoglobin types among Russian pediatric patients.
Curuk MA, Molchanova TP, Postnikov YuV , Pobedimskaya DD, Liang R, Baysal E, Kolodey S, Smetanina NS, Tokarev YuN , Rumyantsev AG, et al..
Am J Hematol. 1994;46(4):329-32.
This condition and two new variants have the characteristics of a dominant type of beta-thalassemia heterozygosity with moderate anemia, Heinz body formation, splenomegaly, etc.
7825242
FEMALE
Plasma exchange in refractory autoimmune anemia in a child with systemic vasculitis associated with homozygote beta thalassemia.
Besbas N, Ozen S, Bakkaloglu A, Gurgey A, Kanra T, Saatci U.
Turk J Pediatr. 1994;36(4):337-40.
Plasma exchange in refractory autoimmune anemia in a child with systemic vasculitis associated with homozygote beta thalassemia.