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Revista Med
versión impresa ISSN 0121-5256versión On-line ISSN 1909-7700
Resumen
PINZON, ALEJANDRO; VARGAS, FLAVIO y LOZANO, ABNER. A CASE OF HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS PRESENTING WITH RECURRENT JAUNDICE IN A 22 YEAR-OLD MAN. rev.fac.med [online]. 2007, vol.15, n.1, pp.122-128. ISSN 0121-5256.
A case of a young man with jaundice, severe hyperbilirubinemia and fever is presented. Evidence of spherocytes on peripheral blood smear and increased osmotic fragility test suggest the diagnosis of hereditary spherocytosis. The hyperbilirubinemia is produced by hemolysis which is the result of an infectious process. Once the diagnosis is done the answer for the treatment is favorable.
Palabras clave : hereditary spherocytosis; osmotic fragility test; splenectomy.