Acute Splenic Sequestration Crisis After Red Blood Cell Exchange for Acute Chest Syndrome in an Adult With Sickle β-Thalassemia: What Went Wrong?

Ther Apher Dial. 2018 Apr;22(2):207-208. doi: 10.1111/1744-9987.12638. Epub 2017 Dec 4.

Authors

Angelo Di Vincenzo¹, Piero Marson², Massimo Puato¹

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine 3, Department of Medicine, Padua, Italy.
² Blood Transfusion Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.

PMID: 29205801
DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.12638

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Abdomen, Acute / complications*
Abdomen, Acute / diagnostic imaging
Abdomen, Acute / surgery
Acute Chest Syndrome / complications*
Acute Chest Syndrome / therapy*
Erythrocyte Transfusion*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Spleen / diagnostic imaging
Spleen / surgery
Splenectomy
Splenic Diseases / complications*
Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Splenic Diseases / surgery
Ultrasonography
beta-Thalassemia / complications*