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Sickled erythrocytes

MedGen UID:
807382
•Concept ID:
C2237347
•
Laboratory or Test Result
HPO: HP:0030058

Definition

An irreversible distortion of the morphology of an erythrocyte such that the cells are elongated and curved, resembling the blade of a sickle (the hand-held agricultural tool traditionally used to harvest grains). [from HPO]

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  • Sickled erythrocytes

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PubMed

Priapism and Sickle Cell Disease: Special Considerations in Etiology, Management, and Prevention.
Ahuja G, Ibecheozor C, Okorie NC, Jain AJ, Coleman PW, Metwalli AR, Tonkin JB
Urology 2021 Oct;156:e40-e47. Epub 2021 Jun 26 doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.06.010. PMID: 34181970
Sickled erythrocytes, hyphema, and secondary glaucoma: I. The diagnosis and treatment of sickled erythrocytes in human hyphemas.
Goldberg MF
Ophthalmic Surg 1979 Apr;10(4):17-31. PMID: 460814
The diagnosis and treatment of secondary glaucoma after hyphema in sickle cell patients.
Goldberg MF
Am J Ophthalmol 1979 Jan;87(1):43-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(79)90190-9. PMID: 434052

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