sweetybokhari
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A 3-year-old boy,known to have sickle cell anemia,presents to the emergency room with sudden onset of severe pallor.clinical examination reveals massive splenomegaly.on an earlier clinic visit 2 weeks before this boy had splenomegaly of only 2 cm.which one of the following is most likely explanation for this acute deterioration?
1) hemolysis
2) malaria
3) hemangioma
4)folate deficiency
5) sequestration
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| robin082006
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| mjl1717
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#5 -one word sequestration!
SC may be protective against certain species of p. falciparum
symptomology is related to degree of hypoxia
oh!-sequestration means some rbc's have remained here.(spleen)
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