Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Elliptocytosis - hereditary
Symptoms
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Yellow skin and eyes (jaundice) - may persist for a long time in a newborn
Signs and tests
An examination by your health care provider may occasionally show an
The following tests may help diagnose the condition:
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Bilirubin level may be high. - Blood smear may show elliptical red blood cells.
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Complete blood count (CBC) may show anemia or signs of red blood cell destruction. - Lactate dehydrogenase level may be high.
- Ultrasound of the gallbladder may show gallstones.
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Hereditary elliptocytosis Treatment
Review Date: 02/05/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow
Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed
by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
