THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL HEMOLYTIC (SPHEROCYTIC) JAUNDICE: REPORT OF A CASE WITH UNUSUAL BLOOD FINDINGS ALTERED BY LIVER THERAPY
Authors: Henry B. Sutton, Norman S. Moore
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 October 1944THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL HEMOLYTIC (SPHEROCYTIC) JAUNDICE: REPORT OF A CASE WITH UNUSUAL BLOOD FINDINGS ALTERED BY LIVER THERAPYHENRY B. SUTTON, M.D., F.A.C.S., NORMAN S. MOORE, M.D., F.A.C.P.HENRY B. SUTTON, M.D., F.A.C.S.Search for more papers by this author, NORMAN S. MOORE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-4-698 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCongenital hemolytic jaundice is a chronic blood dyscrasia generally characterized by microcytic anemia, acholuric jaundice, increased fragility of the red blood corpuscles to hypotonic salt solution, reticulocytosis, splenomegaly, and crises of hemolysis. It has frequently been stated that the victims are more jaundiced than ill. The belief that it follows a benign course, compatible with active and long life except when hemolytic crisis occurs, has been widely accepted. Many cases, however, do not follow this benign pattern.1, 2, 3, 4, 25, 33, 36, 38There is an increasing disposition to emphasize the more severe aspects of this disease1, 2, 5,...Bibliography1. DOANCURTISWISEMAN CAGMBK: The hemolytopoietic equilibrium and emergency splenectomy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1567-1574. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. DAWSON B: Hemolytic icterus—Hume Lecture, Brit. Med. Jr., 1931, i, 921-928. Google Scholar3. CURTISDOANWISEMAN GMCABK: Splenectomy for hemoclastic crises, Ann. Surg., 1936, civ, 892-904. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BRANCH CD: Congenital hemolytic jaundice (spherocytic jaundice), Illinois Med. Jr., 1941, lxxx, 235-238. Google Scholar5. DOAN CA: Hemolytic anemias, in BARR D. P.: Modern medical therapy in general practice, 1940, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, iii, 2937. Google Scholar6. 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