Abstract

AGUILAR VALDES, Julio et al. Vesicular lithiasis and hypersplenism as a complication of sicklemia and ß thalasemia. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, n.5, pp.533-538. ISSN 1025-0255.

A sistem years old patient with sicklemia and thalasemia is studied. He presented a calculous cholepciptopathy for cholesterine calculi and also hyperesplenism secundary to this association. He clinically improved after surgical therapy. Some characteristics of this uncommon relationship are stressed.

Keywords : HYPERSPLENISM; THALASSEMIA.