{"title":"Sickle Cell Disease With Ulcerative Colitis in An Ethiopian Child","authors":"A. Tamire, Tenagne Million","doi":"10.2147/imcrj.s453861","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":": Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by abnormal hemoglobin, resulting in various clinical manifestations. Recognizing the complex clinical picture of SCD is crucial for physicians to effectively diagnose and manage the disease. While typical presentations may be absent, it is important to consider the possibility of SCD in patients presenting with ulcerative colitis (UC). The concurrent occurrence of UC and SCD is extremely rare. Therefore, a comprehensive investigation is warranted for individuals at risk of developing SCD with UC. In this report, we presented the first documented case of a child in Ethiopia with both SCD and UC.","PeriodicalId":14337,"journal":{"name":"International Medical Case Reports Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Medical Case Reports Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2147/imcrj.s453861","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary blood disorder characterized by abnormal hemoglobin, resulting in various clinical manifestations. Recognizing the complex clinical picture of SCD is crucial for physicians to effectively diagnose and manage the disease. While typical presentations may be absent, it is important to consider the possibility of SCD in patients presenting with ulcerative colitis (UC). The concurrent occurrence of UC and SCD is extremely rare. Therefore, a comprehensive investigation is warranted for individuals at risk of developing SCD with UC. In this report, we presented the first documented case of a child in Ethiopia with both SCD and UC.
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International Medical Case Reports Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal publishing original case reports from all medical specialties. Submissions should not normally exceed 3,000 words or 4 published pages including figures, diagrams and references. As of 1st April 2019, the International Medical Case Reports Journal will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.