Diamond–Blackfan anemia associated with β-thalassemia trait

✍ Scribed by Betül Tavil; Mualla Çetin; Barış Kuşkonmaz; Fatma Gümrük

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 49 KB
• Volume: 81
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0361-8609
• DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20530

✦ Synopsis

A 14-month-old boy was referred to our hospital for evaluation of severe anemia. In the bone marrow aspiration smear, normal cellularity with severe erythroblastopenia (3%) was observed. The hemoglobin electrophoresis of the patient and his father were compatible with the b-thalassemia trait. Because macrocytosis of Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is masked by microcytosis of b-thalassemia trait, the diagnosis of DBA co-existing with b-thalassemia trait might be challenging. We report herein a case of DBA co-existing with b-thalassemia trait in a Turkish boy.