Sickle cell disease is a debilitating hematologic process that affects the entire body. Disease
manifestations in the abdomen most commonly result from vaso-occlusion, hemolysis, or …

Sickle cell disorders are the most common hemoglobinopathies worldwide. Clinical
variability of sickle cell disease (SCD) and susceptibility to its complications have been …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most common inherited hemoglobinopathies. SCD is
caused by a haemoglobin S (Hb S) mutation, which is a single nucleotide substitution of …

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive blood disorder with multi-
organ manifestations including the gall bladder. Studies have shown that individuals with …

Objetivo: Describir las características principales de las complicaciones y comorbilidades
más frecuentes en la anemia drepanocítica. Método: Se realizó una revisión de la literatura …

Sickle cell disease is one of the most prevalent hemoglobinopathies around the world.
Sickle cell anemia manifests due to a genetic alteration caused by substituting a single …

Background: Ultrasonography is a safe, reproducible, and accurate diagnostic imaging
modality in the evaluation of the effects of sickle cell anemia (SCA) on the sizes of liver and …

Introduction: Hepatobiliary abnormalities occur commonly in sickle cell anaemia and these
have been extensively reported in the adult patients. However, complications have been …

Background: The irregular sickle cells can block blood vessels, causing tissue and organ
damage and in most cases presented with pain as a result of organ ischemia …

Background: The gall bladder is one of the abdominal organs that are frequently affected in
sickle cell disease. This results from chronic hemolysis with its accelerated bilirubin turnover …