ACQUIRED HEMOLYTIC ICTERUS
Authors: Willis M. Fowler
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 April 1941ACQUIRED HEMOLYTIC ICTERUSWILLIS M. FOWLER, M.D.WILLIS M. FOWLER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-10-1838 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHemolytic icterus, in its literal sense, is a term so broad and inclusive that it may embrace a wide variety of conditions in which there is hemolysis of the erythrocytes and anemia. By common usage the term is applied to a more specific entity characterized not only by increased hemolysis and anemia, but by splenomegaly, increased fragility of the erythrocytes and evidences of bone marrow stimulation. This disease has been subdivided into the familial or congenital (Chauffard-Minkowski) type and the acquired (Hayem-Widal) type. The former represents a definite, clear-cut, clinical entity, whereas there is a diversity of opinion as to...Bibliography1. CHENEYCHENEY WFG: Chronic hereditary hemolytic jaundice, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxvii, 191-213. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. DAWSON L OF PENN.: Hemolytic icterus, Brit. Med. Jr., 1931, l, 963-966. Google Scholar3. THOMPSON WP: Hemolytic jaundice, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1776-1781. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WATSON CJ: Hemolytic jaundice and macrocytic hemolytic anemia: certain observations in a series of 35 cases, ANN. INT. MED., 1939, xii, 1782-1796. Google Scholar5. KRUMBHAAR EB: A classification and analysis of clinical types of splenomegaly accompanied by anemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1915, cl, 227-245. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LYNCH JH: Acquired hemolytic icterus, Nebr. State Med. Jr., 1932, xvii, 71-75. Google Scholar7. WITTS LJ: The pathology and treatment of anemia. III. The hemolytic anemias, Lancet, 1932, i, 601-605. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. TILESTON W: Hemolytic jaundice, Medicine, 1922, i, 355-388. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. GALLIEJANES WERM: Hemolytic jaundice associated with splenomegaly, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1926, xvi, 379-383. Google Scholar10. MURDOCK TP: Hemolytic anemia of pregnancy with reports of cases, ANN. INT. MED., 1927, i, 133-136. LinkGoogle Scholar11. MINOT GR: Two curable cases of anemia. I. Chronic hemolytic anemia, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1921, iv, 1733-1750. Google Scholar12. ALLAN W: Hemolytic anemia in pregnancy, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1928, xlvii, 669-672. Google Scholar13. DAWSON L OF PENN.: Indications for, and results of, removal of the spleen, Brit. Med. Jr., 1932, ii, 699-700. Google Scholar14. WISE WD: Hemolytic jaundice, Am. Jr. Surg., 1933, xx, 722-736. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. DOANWISEMANERF CABKLA: Studies in hemolytic jaundice, Ohio State Med. Jr., 1934, xxx, 493-504. Google Scholar16. DUTHIE ES: Acquired hemolytic jaundice, Lancet, 1937, i, 1167-1169. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. SHARPEDAVIS JCHH: Severe reactions following transfusion in hemolytic jaundice, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cx, 2053-2056. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. WITTS LJ: A note on blood transfusion, Lancet, 1929, i, 1297-1299. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. LEDERER M: A form of acute hemolytic anemia probably of infectious origin, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1925, clxx, 500-510. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. LEDERER M: Three additional cases of acute hemolytic (infectious) anemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxix, 228-236. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. BRILL IC: Acute febrile anemia; a new disease?, Arch. Int. Med., 1926, xxxvii, 244-247. CrossrefGoogle Scholar22. MURRAY-LYON RM: Familial acholuric jaundice simulating Lederer's anemia, Brit. Med. Jr., 1935, i, 50-52. CrossrefGoogle Scholar23. PAYNE RV: Acute hemolytic anemia; death after transfusion, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1934, lxxxiv, 65-71. Google Scholar24. DAMESHEKSCHWARTZ WSO: Hemolysins as the cause of clinical and experimental hemolytic anemias, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1938, clxxxxvi, 768-792. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Iowa City, Iowa*Received for publication December 22, 1939.From the Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIs there a Primary, Acquired Hemolytic Jaundice? 1 April 1941Volume 14, Issue 10Page: 1838-1848KeywordsAnemiaBone marrowHemolytic anemiaSplenomegaly Issue Published: 1 April 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...