Hereditary spherocytosis in sisters unmasked by parvovirus infection

Postgrad Med J. 1987 Jan;63(735):49-50. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.63.735.49.

Abstract

Teenage sisters were found to have hereditary spherocytosis when they presented in aplastic crisis associated with otherwise asymptomatic parvovirus infection. Such patients may present a source of cross-infection to others at risk.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anemia, Aplastic / etiology
  • Anemia, Aplastic / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
  • Spherocytosis, Hereditary / complications
  • Spherocytosis, Hereditary / diagnosis
  • Spherocytosis, Hereditary / genetics*