2010 Jul – Hemolytic anemia and Bacillus cereus septicemia in a patient with thalassemia intermedia

Dr Grace SM Lam, ICU, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Presented in April 2010

A 45-year-old man with history of thalassemia intermedia was clinically admitted for investigation of bilateral exudative pleural effusion. He has had splenectomy as a child. He refused iron chelation therapy despite need for repeated blood transfusion. He has also had cord compression due to extramedullary hematopoiesis. His other interesting images can be viewed here. Click Read More to download the presentation file on his later development of hemolytic anemia and Bacillus cereus septicemia.


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