All issues > Volume 29(4); 1986

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1986;29(4):446-450. Published online April 30, 1986.

One Case of Hereditary Spherocytosis.

H J Jung¹, H S Cha¹, B H Ahn¹, Y H You¹, H S Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Korea Veterans Hospital

Abstract

One cases of hereditary spherocytosis in a 3-month-old male baby was presented. Abnormal physical findings were anemia, jaundice 技 hepatosplenomegaly. Diagnosis were based on physical finding, presence of spherocytes in peripheral blood smear, bone marrow examination and osmotic fragility test. A brief review of related literature was made.

Keywords :Hereditary spherocytosis