Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview

Infantile pyknocytosis is a rare cause of neonatal jaundice and hemolytic anemia. We report on two cases in twin girls that were diagnosed on peripheral blood smear reading. Pyknocytosis should be considered in cases of early unexplained severe hemolytic anemia, and systematic peripheral smear revie...

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Autores principales: El Nabouch, Mohamad, Rakotoharinandrasana, Iarolalao, Ndayikeza, Alexis, Picard, Véronique, Kayemba-Kay’s, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26273436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.288
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author El Nabouch, Mohamad
Rakotoharinandrasana, Iarolalao
Ndayikeza, Alexis
Picard, Véronique
Kayemba-Kay’s, Simon
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description Infantile pyknocytosis is a rare cause of neonatal jaundice and hemolytic anemia. We report on two cases in twin girls that were diagnosed on peripheral blood smear reading. Pyknocytosis should be considered in cases of early unexplained severe hemolytic anemia, and systematic peripheral smear review performed. Its management consists of phototherapy and RBC transfusion.
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spelling pubmed-45277902015-08-13 Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview El Nabouch, Mohamad Rakotoharinandrasana, Iarolalao Ndayikeza, Alexis Picard, Véronique Kayemba-Kay’s, Simon Clin Case Rep Case Reports Infantile pyknocytosis is a rare cause of neonatal jaundice and hemolytic anemia. We report on two cases in twin girls that were diagnosed on peripheral blood smear reading. Pyknocytosis should be considered in cases of early unexplained severe hemolytic anemia, and systematic peripheral smear review performed. Its management consists of phototherapy and RBC transfusion. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-07 2015-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4527790/ /pubmed/26273436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.288 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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El Nabouch, Mohamad
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Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview
title Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview
title_full Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview
title_fullStr Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview
title_full_unstemmed Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview
title_short Infantile pyknocytosis, a rare cause of hemolytic anemia in newborns: report of two cases in twin girls and literature overview
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4527790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26273436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.288
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