An unusual cause of anemia in cirrhosis: spur cell anemia, a case report with review of literature

Chronic anemia is common in liver cirrhosis. In this setting, the pathogenesis of anemia is complex and multifactorial. Spur cell anemia is a serious disorder in cirrhotic patients and is associated with poor prognosis. Liver transplantation constitutes the only therapeutic tool. We report a case wi...

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Autores principales: Privitera, Graziella, Meli, Giovanni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27895861
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description Chronic anemia is common in liver cirrhosis. In this setting, the pathogenesis of anemia is complex and multifactorial. Spur cell anemia is a serious disorder in cirrhotic patients and is associated with poor prognosis. Liver transplantation constitutes the only therapeutic tool. We report a case with severe spur cell anemia in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. In the attempt to investigate the origin of the disorder, we have evaluated the lipoprotein profile and found a significant reduction of apolipoprotein AI and HDL(3 )subclass as a possible cause of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-51188602016-11-28 An unusual cause of anemia in cirrhosis: spur cell anemia, a case report with review of literature Privitera, Graziella Meli, Giovanni Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench Case Report Chronic anemia is common in liver cirrhosis. In this setting, the pathogenesis of anemia is complex and multifactorial. Spur cell anemia is a serious disorder in cirrhotic patients and is associated with poor prognosis. Liver transplantation constitutes the only therapeutic tool. We report a case with severe spur cell anemia in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. In the attempt to investigate the origin of the disorder, we have evaluated the lipoprotein profile and found a significant reduction of apolipoprotein AI and HDL(3 )subclass as a possible cause of the disease. Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5118860/ /pubmed/27895861 Text en ©2016 RIGLD, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title An unusual cause of anemia in cirrhosis: spur cell anemia, a case report with review of literature
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