2012
Massive splenic infarction in an adolescent with hemoglobin S‐HPFH
Whyte D, Forget B, Chui DH, Luo H, Pashankar F. Massive splenic infarction in an adolescent with hemoglobin S‐HPFH. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2012, 60: e49-e51. PMID: 23281181, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMassive splenic infarctVaso-occlusive crisisBenign clinical courseMassive splenic infarctionHistory of anemiaSickle cell anemiaClinical courseClinical suspicionSevere complicationsSplenic infarctSplenic infarctionHb S mutationCell anemiaAnemiaCompound heterozygosityFetal hemoglobinComplicationsPatientsS mutationsLittle evidenceHigh levelsInfarctionInfarctsHospitalSuspicion
2007
Sickle cell disease complicated by post‐streptococcal glomerulonephritis, cerebral hemorrhage and reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome
Pashankar FD, Ment LR, Pearson HA. Sickle cell disease complicated by post‐streptococcal glomerulonephritis, cerebral hemorrhage and reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2007, 50: 864-866. PMID: 17973321, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndromeAcute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritisPost-streptococcal glomerulonephritisSickle cell diseaseCell diseaseHomozygous hemoglobin SS diseaseCentral nervous system eventsHemoglobin SS diseasePrimary cerebral infarctionNervous system eventsSickle cell nephropathyReversible causesCerebral infarctionCerebral hemorrhageIntracerebral hemorrhageSS diseaseHemorrhageDiseaseGlomerulonephritisPatientsPrognosisSyndromeHypertensionNephropathyComplications