A paper written by Sgnaolin et al. (1) is published in this issue of the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia. The authors present a study about the frequency of anemia of 1058 people of 60 years old or more living in a community-based population in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Blood samples were taken from all participants and the hematological parameters [hemoglobin, mean cell volume (MCV...

A 10 year old male presented with high grade continuous fever for 15 days to the pediatric ward of LNJPN Hospital. The fever was not associated with respiratory distress, alteration of sensorium or seizures. Examination revealed a sick looking child, conscious with cold extremities, normal JVP, a pulse rate of 120 per minute, regular, low volume with a blood pressure of 68/40 mm Hg. The spleen ...

G. Gorman, MRCP M. Hutchinson, MD N. Tubridy, MD SECTION 1 A 19-year-old man presented with a 5-day history of vomiting and passing dark urine. He gave a 6-month history of arthralgias and joint swelling, particularly affecting larger joints. He had recurrent epistaxis and recent episcleritis. He was noted to be thin and pale, with conjunctival suffusion and deformity of his nasal bridge. He wa...

Abstract Background and Aims Genetic causes of chronic kidney disease are becoming more recognized. Familial lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency (FLD) is a rare genetic disorder caused by loss function mutations in LCAT gene. Patients present with abnormal lipid profile characterized markedly reduced HDL-C, corneal opacification, anemia, renal disease, which eventually progr...

Background: The incidence of chronic liver disease is increasing worldwide. Common causes include alcohol, hepatitis B and C non-alcoholic fatty (NAFLD). Abnormalities in hematological parameters are common patients with cirrhosis. There paucity data geriatric population diseases.Methods: A pre-structured performa was prepared to collect the demographic that included Age, Gender, Occupation, Ar...

Firmino F.P., Aquino L.C., Marçola T.G., Bittencourt M.V., McManus C.M. & Paludo G.R. 2016. Frequency and hematological alterations of different hemoplasma infections with retrovirusis co-infections in domestic cats from Brazil. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 36(8):731-736. Laboratório de Patologia Clínica, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Univers...

Hemolytic anemia is characterized by intravascular and extravascular destruction of erythrocytes. It manifests if the production of the erythrocytes in the bone marrow is slower than their degradation. A first good differentiation of the several forms of hemolytic anemia can be made between ‘hereditary’ and ‘acquired’. In this article, the most important forms of acquired hemolytic anemia are p...

Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is an uncommon, life-threatening clinical syndrome that occurs after acute pituitary hemorrhage or infarction. PA may occur in a pituitary gland with no prior pathological process, but usually occurs as a complication of an adenoma.1 Its clinical presentation varies widely, and may consist of a nonspecific clinical picture, typical signs and symptoms (headache, nausea, v...

Kidneys and lungs are the most common organs involved in microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). A retrospective analysis of pediatric MPA patients with pulmonary lesions over the past 10 years was performed to investigate clinical features of MPA in children with pulmonary lesions. There were 9 patients enrolled in our study, including 2 boys and 7 girls, with a median age of 6.6 years at the time of ...

Tropical sprue (TS) is a post-infective disease of the small bowel characterized by malabsorption syndrome affecting tropics inhabitants and visitors. Diagnosis TS remain challenging since it can be confused with common diarrheal diseases, especially in non-endemic areas. We report Tunisian case latent TS. A 58-year-old male history chronic watery diarrhea, was admitted to...