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SUBMITTER: Shakiba M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231795 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shakiba Marjan M Shamsian Shahin S Malekzadeh Hamid H Yasaei Mehrdad M
International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research 20200401 2
Ghosal hematodiaphyseal dysplasia (GHDD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder presenting with steroid-responsive anemia and diaphyseal dysplasia of long bones. We report a 3-year-old Iranian girl with refractory anemia, splenomegaly and radiologic signs of metadiaphyseal dysplasia in long bones. The diagnosis was established by clinical presentation and X-ray bone survey. The patient was treated with oral prednisolone therapy with considerable improvement in anemia and splenomegaly. ...[more]