Postsplenectomy thromboembolic disease in congenital sideroblastic anaemia

This case report describes a case of congenital sideroblastic anaemia, one of the prototype disorders of erythroid haem biosynthesis. In this instance it was not recognised until after the patient had undergone splenectomy and developed refractory thromboembolic disease.

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