Sunila Tashfeen, Muhammad Ayyub, Nadir Ali, Saleem Ahmed Khan, Hamid Saeed Malik.
A Case Report of Severe Hemolytic Anaemia with Elliptocytosis.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;67(1):186-7.

Hereditary elliptocytosis is a rare, autosomal dominant haematological disorder1. It is a hemolytic anaemia due to membrane defect, which produces a broad spectrum of disease that ranges from fully compensated hemolysis to life threatening anaemia. Red cells with uniform elliptical shape come under the category of hereditary elliptocytosis (HE) however homozygous or compound heterozygous for HE present with distorted morphology termed as hereditary pyeropoikilocytosis (HPP)2. We reported a case of HE with associated beta thalassaemia trait due to its rarity and severe presentation.

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