Leg ulcers in hereditary spherocytosis

P Lawrence; I Aronson; N Saxe; P Jacobs

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2230.1991.tb00289.x

Leg ulcers in hereditary spherocytosis

Clin Exp Dermatol. 1991 Jan;16(1):28-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1991.tb00289.x.

Authors

P Lawrence¹, I Aronson, N Saxe, P Jacobs

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.

PMID: 2025930
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1991.tb00289.x

Abstract

Refractory leg ulcers in two patients healed following splenectomy. Neither patient had the ethnic background or family history of haematological abnormalities to suggest a haemoglobinopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Leg Ulcer / etiology*
Leg Ulcer / pathology
Middle Aged
Skin / pathology
Spherocytosis, Hereditary / complications*
Spherocytosis, Hereditary / pathology