ABSENT SPLEEN SYNDROME

[摘要] The syndrome of congenital absence of the spleen with atrioventricularis communis and partial transposition of the abdominal viscera is briefly discussed. Because of absence of the spleen, these patients have been found to exhibit specific abnormalities of peripheral blood, namely, normoblastemia and Howell-Jolly bodies and Heinz bodies in the erythrocytes. A case is presented illustrating the method of making a diagnosis based upon the hematologic findings.

[学科分类] 儿科学