Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Child with Sickle Cell Anemia

Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a chronic haemoglobinopathy that can affect many organs in the body including gastrointestinal tract. However, colonic involvement is very rare and usually in the form of ischemic colitis. We are reporting an 11-year-old Saudi girl with SCA who presented with persistent d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alqoaer, Khaled, Ahmed, Mohammed M., Alhowaiti, Efteraj S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4100385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25093137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/732785
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Sumario:Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a chronic haemoglobinopathy that can affect many organs in the body including gastrointestinal tract. However, colonic involvement is very rare and usually in the form of ischemic colitis. We are reporting an 11-year-old Saudi girl with SCA who presented with persistent diarrhea and was found to have inflammaftory bowel disease.

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