Letters to the Editor
Vol. 10 (2018): Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific Letters, Case Reports
Sterile "Abscess" of the Spleen and the Sickle Cell Trait
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Received: September 25, 2017
Accepted: November 6, 2017
Accepted: November 6, 2017
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Dear Editor:
I read with interest the case report by Dr P Magro et al. [MJHID 9: e2017023, 2017] regarding a boy with sickle cell trait (AS), who was appropriately treated for Plasmodium falciparum malaria and who, upon ultrasound imaging, was thought to have multiple abscesses in the spleen, eventually interpreted as splenic infarction.
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Magro P., Izzo I., Saccani B., Casari S., Caligaris S., Tomasoni L. R., Matteelli A., Lombardi A., Meini A., Castelli F. A strange manifestation of malaria in a native nigerian boy. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 2017, 9(1): e2017023, DOI:
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Araten DJ, Iori AP, Brown K, Torelli GF, Barberi W, Natalino F, De Propris MS, Girmenia C, Salvatori FM, Zelig O, Foà R, Luzzatto L. Selective splenic artery embolization for the treatment of thrombocytopenia and hypersplenism in paroxysmal nocturn hemoglobinuria. J Hematol Oncol. 2014 Mar 27;7:27.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-8722-7-27 PubMed PMID:24673826
How to Cite
“Sterile ‘Abscess’ of the Spleen and the Sickle Cell Trait” (2018) Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 10(1), p. e2018003. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2018.003.
