Resumen
Definición
Anamnesis y examen
Principales factores de diagnóstico
- positive family history
- at risk demographic
- pallor
- jaundice
- splenomegaly
Otros factores de diagnóstico
- fatigue
- hydrops fetalis or stillbirth
Factores de riesgo
- family history of splenectomy, anemia, jaundice, or hereditary spherocytosis (HS)
- at risk demographic
Pruebas diagnósticas
Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar
- CBC
- reticulocyte count
- blood smear
- serum bilirubin
- serum aminotransferases
- direct antiglobulin test (DAT)
Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse
- eosin-5-maleimide binding test
- acidified glycerol lysis test
- cryohemolysis test
- genetic analysis
- sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Algoritmo de tratamiento
neonates (<28 days old)
infants (>28 days old), children, and adults: severe hereditary spherocytosis (HS)
infants (>28 days old), children, and adults: mild-to-moderate hereditary spherocytosis (HS)
Colaboradores
Autores
Shelley Crary, MD, MSCS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock
AR
Divulgaciones
SC is reimbursed for membership on a drug and safety monitoring board (Novartis) for a nonrelated drug.
Agradecimientos
Dr Shelley Crary would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Paula Bolton-Maggs, a previous contributor to this topic.
Divulgaciones
PB-M has received travel and accommodation payments to give a series of lectures on pediatric hematology, one of which was on HS. She also was an expert witness in a legal case concerning a child with HS. PB-M is an author of some references cited in this topic.
Revisores por pares
Robert Schilling, MD
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison
WI
Divulgaciones
RS is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
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Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referencias
Artículos principales
Eber SW, Armbrust R, Schroter W. Variable clinical severity of hereditary spherocytosis: relation to erythrocytic spectrin concentration, osmotic fragility, and autohemolysis. J Pediatr. 1990 Sep;117(3):409-16. Resumen
Bolton-Maggs PH, Langer JC, Iolascon A, et al; General Haematology Task Force of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hereditary spherocytosis - 2011 update. Br J Haematol. 2012 Jan;156(1):37-49.Texto completo Resumen
Perrotta S, Gallagher PG, Mohandas N. Hereditary spherocytosis. Lancet. 2008 Oct 18;372(9647):1411-26. Resumen
King MJ, Garçon L, Hoyer JD, et al. ICSH guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of nonimmune hereditary red cell membrane disorders. Int J Lab Hematol. 2015 Jun;37(3):304-25.Texto completo Resumen
Iolascon A, Andolfo I, Barcellini W, et al. Recommendations regarding splenectomy in hereditary hemolytic anemias. Haematologica. 2017 Aug;102(8):1304-13.Texto completo Resumen
Davies JM, Lewis MP, Wimperis J, et al. Review of guidelines for the prevention and treatment of infection in patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen: prepared on behalf of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology by a working party of the Haemato-Oncology task force. Br J Haematol. 2011 Nov;155(3):308-17.Texto completo Resumen
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