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Lethal hydrops fetalis due to congenital dyserythropoietic anemia in a newborn: association of a new skeletal abnormality.

Abstract
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias (CDAs) are a group of hereditary refractory anemias characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis, typical morphological abnormalities of erythroblasts, a low or no reticulocyte response, hyperbilirubinemia, and splenomegaly. A massive hydropic newborn born with a very severe anemia (Hb 4.8 g/dL), diffuse edema, hepatosplenomegaly, ascites, pulmonary edema and respiratory distress, and shortness and hallux varus deformity of the great toe of the right foot was diagnosed to have congenital dyserythropoietic anemia on the basis of the hematological (macrocytosis, anisopoikilocytosis, fragmented red cells and erythroblastosis in the peripheral blood, and erythroid hyperplasia with erythroblastosis and erythroblasts with double nuclei and thin chromatin bridges connecting these nuclei in the bone marrow) and serological (negative acidified serum lysis test and no agglutination with anti-i antibodies) findings. In this article the seventh case of neonatal congenital dyserythropoietic anemia presenting with a very severe (lethal) form of hydrops fetalis and a new (hallux varus) deformity of the great toe of the right foot is presented. Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hydrops fetalis presenting with a very severe anemia and a skeletal abnormality of the great toe.
AuthorsG Tekinalp, S U Sarici, A S Erdinç, S Gögüş, S Balci, A Gürgey
JournalPediatric hematology and oncology (Pediatr Hematol Oncol) Vol. 18 Issue 8 Pg. 537-42 (Dec 2001) ISSN: 0888-0018 [Print] England
PMID11764104 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Anemia, Dyserythropoietic, Congenital (complications, diagnosis, pathology)
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Foot Deformities (etiology)
  • Hallux (abnormalities)
  • Humans
  • Hydrops Fetalis (etiology)
  • Infant, Newborn

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