Interesting case of G6PD deficiency anemia with severe hemolysis

Can acetaminophen cause hemolysis in G6PD deficiency?

Methemoglobinemia and intravascular hemolysis in a patient with G6PD deficiency.

Report of a case of Proteus syndrome with severe anemia

Proteus syndrome is a rare congenital disorder comprised of subcutaneous and internal hamartomas, miscellaneous skin and vascular nevi, skeletal and nervous system and eye malformations, with characteristic manifestations including hemihypertrophy, local gigantism, macrodactyly and cerebriform thickness of soles and palms. A 23 year-old man with diagnosis of proteus syndrome had sever ane...

Excess Hemolysis in Subjects with Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia Associated and Nonassociated with Hookworm Infection.

(With the technical assistance of Adelina ()/eda, Alvaro Carstens and Iris Dugarte) H EAVY HOOKWORM INFECTION is sooner or later associated with iron deficiency anemia mainly due to continuous intestinal blood loss. A mean daily intestinal blood loss of 0.031 ± 0.017 ml. per worm and 2.14 ± 1.0 ml. of hlocd per 1,000 ova per gram of feces was found by means of the erythrocyte Cral tagging metho...

Fava Bean Ingestion: the Most Important Risk Factor of Hemolysis in G6PD Deficiency in Iran

Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is one of the most known enzyme defects in Iran with various genetic mutations. We aimed to study the predisposing factors of hemolysis in children with G6PD deficiency. Methods: This study was done during 2007-2012 in two referral centers of Mofid Children’s Hospital and Baqiyatallah Hospital, Tehran, Iran. The hospital rec...