Anemia emolitica

Sferocitosi: una famiglia... tre malattie!

Ferrara D, Giordano C, Borsellino Z, Cuccia L, Ruffo GB, Corsello G.

2024/1 — pag. 54-57 — DOI

The paper describes the cases of three siblings affected by Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS). The different clinical presentations in the same family are examples of the heterogeneity of this pathology. HS is a common inherited type of haemolytic anaemi...

Sferocitosi: una famiglia... tre malattie!

Ferrara D, Giordano C, Borsellino Z, Cuccia L, Ruffo GB, Corsello G

2024/1 — pag. 5-8 — DOI

The paper describes the cases of three siblings affected by Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS). The different clinical presentations in the same family are examples of the heterogeneity of this pathology. HS is a common inherited type of haemolytic anaemi...

Il gioco delle parti: bronchiolite e drepanocitosi

Izzo BPE, Radice C, Pelliccia V, Graziani V, Marchetti F

2023/9 — pag. 200-200 — DOI

The case of a 2-month-old Senegalese infant with severe anaemia and RSV-related bronchiolitis is described. The Authors stress the role of common infections in leading to the diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia....

Lesioni ossee simmetriche e drepanocitosi

Franzone D, Chianucci B, Basso L, Guardo D, Bellini T, Piccotti E

2023/6 — pag. 100-101 — DOI

An 8-year-old boy suffering from sickle cell disease (SCD) was admitted to emergency unit complaining of moderate-to-severe pain in his lower limbs. He received chronic transfusion therapy and hydroxyurea. Apparently, he had never experienced vaso-oc...

Diarrea emorragica: a volte i nodi vengono al pettine tardi

De Crescenzo S, La Scola C, Pillon R, Pasini A, Lami F, Pession A

2023/4 — pag. 72-72 — DOI

The case of a two-year-old girl finally diagnosed with haemolytic uremic syndrome is described....

Un’anemia che toglie il fiato

Giannone V, Garrone E, Tardivo I, Versace A, Castagno E, Conrieri M

2021/7 — pag. 218-219 — DOI

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is commonly associated not only with atypical pneumonia, but also with different clinical features. The paper reports the case of a 10-year-old girl with pneumonia, fictitious anaemia, due to the presence of cryo-agglutinins, an...

Un’anemia emolitica da sferocitosi ereditaria

Ursi D, Valentino MS

2021/3 — pag. 193-195 — DOI

A case of haemolytic anaemia due to spherocytosis in a 3-month-old infant is reported. It is important to remember that post-transfusion blood tests are not reliable and must be repeated 3 months after the transfusion. The erythrocyte osmotic resista...

Due casi di favismo: dalla diagnosi alla gestione

C. Guiducci, A. Fumarola, S. Pusceddu, C. Radice, F. Marchetti

2018/6 — pag. 379-383

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD) is the most common red blood cells enzymopathy that affects 400 million people worldwide and is especially prevalent in areas of high malaria infection. G6PD deficiency has an X-linked recessive m...

Un’emolisi ben mascherata

G. Del Borrello

2018/6

Chronic haemolytic anaemia is a pathophysiological process that can be the expression of many possible etiologies (e.g. a congenital defect of a membrane protein, immune-mediated destruction, enzymopathies, altered erythrocyte development). The paper...

Il gene del G6PD, le varianti cliniche e... la minestrina della nonna

M.L. Tortorella, F. Colonna, L. Fanti

2016/8 — pag. 526-528

Un colpo d’occhio… siculo

M.C. Lia, I. Giuseppin, A. Tonetto, P.G. Flora

2015/7

Quando la sferocitosi incontra il chirurgo

C. Bibalo

2015/6 — pag. 391-392

Summary Hereditary spherocytosis is a common inherited disorder that is characterized by anaemia, jaundice and splenomegaly. It is reported worldwide and is the most common inherited anaemia in individuals of northern European ancestry. Clinical ...

Un’anemia da sfera di cristallo

V. Dal Cengio, M. Bellettato

2013/7

Reticolociti: un parametro poco conosciuto e troppo poco utilizzato

U. Ramenghi, G. Ansaldi, M. Davitto, A. Mondino, C. Olivieri, R. Mazzone

2012/10 — pag. 649-651

The paper describes the usefulness of reticulocyte count in the diagnosis and management of anaemia. Reticulocytes are immature red cells that do not have the nucleus, but hold residual extranuclear RNA. In traditional morphologic examination, reti...

Il deficit di glucosio-6-fosfato deidrogenasi

M. Bramuzzo, S. Lega, I. Bruno

2011/10 — pag. 648-652

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked inherited disorder and it is the most common enzymatic defect in the world. G6PD is an enzyme involved in the genesis of NADPH which preserves the cells from oxidative stress. G6PD de...

Cinquant’anni di talassemia, a Ferrara

F. Panizon

2011/10 — pag. 644-645

La picnocitosi infantile: una causa rara ma non infrequente di anemia emolitica neonatale severa

A.M. Aurino, R. Di Concilio, G. d’Urzo, M. Amendolara, C. Romano, G. Attianese, S. Mauriello, C. Di Filippo, G. Amendola

2011/3 — pag. 191-192

The diagnosis and treatment of six patients with infantile pyknocytosis are reported. The clinical course and the diagnostic work-up are shown. All the patients necessitated therapy: phototherapy in five patients and one red blood cell transfusion...

Una banale gastroenterite?

A. Paladini, S. Ciccone, C. Farneti

2010/10

Anemia emolitica autoimmune in un bambino di 7 anni con colite ulcerosa

C. Brondello, M. Lorusso, E. Pozzi, F. Bronzini, F. Mangiantini, M. de Martino, P. Lionetti

2007/9

Un caso di malaria da Plasmodium Falciparum

S. Vaccher, F. Patarino, M. Lazzerini, E. Barbi

2005/5

Due fratelli e un’anemia

C. Rossetti, V. Mattei, L. Sebastiani

2002/6 — pag. 389-390

Una caso di mielodisplasia... da parvovirus!

E. Barth, G.A. Zanazzo, M. Rabusin, P. Tamaro

2002/1

Quando l’epatite e l’anemia si alternano

C. Benucci, C. Trapani, F. Mannelli, I. Sforzi, M. Resti

2001/4 — pag. 255-256

Le β-talassemie

1999/8

La figlia del professore

C. Apicella

1997/9 — pag. 589-590