The unusual abundance of a rare finding!

We present images (Figure 1A‐D) of a preterm girl who had severe anemia due to HDFN caused by maternal anti‐C and anti‐D alloantibodies. These images show erythrophagocytosis, which is a very interesting and rarely encountered feature. We believe that physicians taking care of such patients should b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Altahan, Rahaf, Al Mugairi, Areej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
Materias:
Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534760
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2291
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Sumario:We present images (Figure 1A‐D) of a preterm girl who had severe anemia due to HDFN caused by maternal anti‐C and anti‐D alloantibodies. These images show erythrophagocytosis, which is a very interesting and rarely encountered feature. We believe that physicians taking care of such patients should be more aware of this characteristic yet under‐detected finding.

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