Title |
A retinopathy in young patient with co-inheritance of heterozygous alpha + −thalassemia and sickle trait: a case report
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Published in |
BMC Ophthalmology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s12886-017-0402-x |
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Authors |
Zohra Ouzzif, Aissam El Maataoui, Zeinab Traore, Asmae Biaz, Samira El Machtani, Abdellah Dami, Sanae Bouhsain, Nezha Messaoudi, Fatiha Benchrifa |
Abstract |
The retinopathy is an uncommon complication in individuals with sickle cell trait except for the cases of sickle cell trait associated with systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, syphilis, tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. A retinopathy in a 16 year-old child with no history of consanguinity in the parents revealed a sickle S trait associated to heterozygous alpha thalassemia. His mother has Sickle cell anaemia (Hb SS) and his father is a carrier of heterozygous alpha-thalassemia status that it was unknown before. This case report describes a proliferative retinopathy in a 16 year-old patient with co-inheritance of heterozygous alpha + -thalassemia and sickle trait. |
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