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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Thalassemia
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests,  -Thalassemia trait, Hemoglobin H disease,  -Thalassemia minor, -Thalassemia major, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Complications, Prognosis, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: alpha trait thalassemia; alpha-thalassemia; beta minor thalassemia; beta thalassemia; thalassemia.
Excerpt: | |  Mild anemia (hematocrit 28–40%) with strikingly low MCV (60–75 fL)
RBC count normal or increased Peripheral blood smear mildly abnormal | | – Microcytes – Hypochromia – Occasional target cells – Acanthocytes |
Reticulocyte count and iron studies normal Hemoglobin electrophoresis: no increase in percentage of hemoglobins A2 or F and no hemoglobin H (thus usually a diagnosis of exclusion) See Table 13–4 |
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