Hemolytic Crisis as the Initial Presentation of Hereditary Spherocytosis Induced by Parvovirus B19 and Herpes Virus Infection in a Patient with the Thalassemia Trait: A Case Report
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Hematology - Year 2012, Vol 29, Issue 4
Abstract
To the Editor, Human parvovirus B19 (PV-B19) causes erythema infectiosum, hydrops fetalis, and transient aplastic crisis in immunocompromised patients with chronic hemolytic anemia, arthralgia, and chronic pure red cell aplasia [1]. It may also cause autoimmune hemolytic anemia [2] (which presents as aplastic crisis with reticulocytopenia or increased erythropoiesis with reticulocytosis) [3], autoimmune thrombocytopenia/neutropenia, myelodysplastic syndrome, leukoerythroblastosis, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, and leukemia [1]. Transient aplastic crisis manifests as sudden exacerbation of anemia in patients with chronic hemolytic anemia, with severe reticulocytopenia lasting 7-10 days in the absence of erythroid precursors due to lysis of the precursors by PV-B19 [4]—the hallmark of which is giant pronormoblasts in the bone marrow [5].
Authors and Affiliations
Meriç Cihan, Hafize Gökçe, Meral Oruç, Lale Olcay
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- EP ID EP132332
- DOI 10.5505/tjh.2012.96977
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