Hereditary spherocytosis with leg ulcers which healed after splenectomy

Eyal Peretz; Dafna Hallel-Halevy; Marcelo H. Grunwald; Sima Halevy

Hereditary spherocytosis with leg ulcers which healed after splenectomy

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Abstract

We report the case of an 18-year-old Bedouin, suffering from hereditary spherocytosis, associated with leg ulcers. The ulcers were unresponsive to treatment of 6 months' duration with various conservative modalities. However, complete clearance was achieved two months after splenectomy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	527-528
Number of pages	2
Journal	European Journal of Dermatology
Volume	7
Issue number	7
State	Published - 1 Jan 1997

Keywords

Hereditary spherocytosis
Leg ulcers

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Dermatology

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Hereditary spherocytosis with leg ulcers which healed after splenectomy

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