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SUBMITTER: Yates AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4360980 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yates Amber Mayfield AM Hankins Jane S JS Mortier Nicole A NA Aygun Banu B Ware Russell E RE
Pediatric blood & cancer 20090901 3
Acute splenic sequestration crisis (ASSC) is a hematological emergency in young children with sickle cell disease (SCD), characterized by worsening anemia and splenomegaly, usually with reticulocytosis and thrombocytopenia. Transient aplastic crisis (TAC) due to parvovirus B19 infection occurs in older children with SCD, and typically manifests as worsening anemia with reticulocytopenia and no splenomegaly. Five older children with SCD (4 HbSC, 1 HbSS on hydroxyurea) developed ASSC concurrent wi ...[more]