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Sickle cells Anemia
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Mar 18, 2026
  • Diagnosis Title: Haemoglobinopathy
  • Disease Specialty: Haematology
  • Ease of Diagnosis: Easy
  • Certainty: Certain
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Segment: Child
  • Image Quality: High
  • Clinical Examination: On examination, the patient was obviously in severe pain, pale, and clinically jaundiced. The liver and spleen were not palpable. Investigations show: Hb 7.7 g/dL, WBC 16 × 10⁹/L, Platelets 540 × 10⁹/L.
  • Patient Age: 12 year
  • Patient Gender: Male
  • A 12-year-old boy presented to the accident and emergency department with severe pain in both legs, pain in the arms, and abdominal pain. He had a high fever over the previous 2 days. His mother reports that he had several such episodes in the past and his older sister was similarly affected.