1 Department of Pathology, Aster Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
2 Department of Internal Medicine and ICU, Aster Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Key Words
Compound sickle cell β thalassemia, chronic anaemia, sickle cell disease, haemoglobin electrophoresis, Hb S, Hb F, delayed diagnosis, Oman.
Abbreviations
Hb S-sickle haemoglobin; Hb A-normal adult haemoglobin; Hb F-foetal haemoglobin; SCD-sickle cell disease; MCVmean corpuscular volume; MCH-mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC-mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; RDW-red cell distribution width; RBC-red blood cell.
ABSTRACT
Sickle cell diseases are generally diagnosed in infancy or early childhood, with very few cases being undiagnosed until early adult life. Moreover, with a high percentage of Hb S in the blood, the patients present with variety of manifestations related to the disease. We present a rare case of
