Rheumatology & Haematology — Flashcards

Sickle cell disease can cause _____ that involves splenic vaso-occlusion and pooling of large amounts of blood in the spleen

What is the likely diagnosis in an African American infant that presents with symmetric swelling/tenderness of the bilateral hands and feet? _____

Hint: diagnosis?

Suspect _____ in patients with sickle cell disease that have LUQ tenderness, hypovolaemic shock, & splenomegaly

What RBC pathology is characterized by the following Hb electrophoresis findings: 55% HbA, 43% HbS, and 2% HbA2 _____

Sickle cell disease can be complicated with _____ from encapsulated organisms causing sepsis, pneumonia, & meningitis

What is the most common acute complication/event in sickle cell disease? _____

_____ commonly causes aplastic crisis in patients with sickle cell disease because of temporary suppression of erythropoiesis

_____ is a possible feature of sickle cell disease that involves acute & reversible reticulocytopaenia

Sickle cell disease/anaemia often presents in _____ complications

_____ is the most common cause of osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease