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Follow up to: 21-year-old with liver failure and hemolytic anemia

A couple of weeks ago I posted a case of a 21-year-old young woman who presented with acute liver failure and hemolytic anemia.  As suggested by one of the emails we received, this young lady had Wilson’s disease and the combination of liver failure and hemolytic anemia is a giveaway presentation of this rare disease.
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Posted by
Christopher Cogbill

Date
May 15, 2009
11:56 pm

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Blood Banking

Blood Donations in the Elderly

This weekend I’m joining my wife for an academic retreat in rural Wisconsin.  The topic is geriatric medicine and training of rising chief residents in all specialties how to incorporate geriatric medicine into their curricula.  While I was stumped at first how incorporating care of older adults could fit in to my Pathology practice, I [...]

First Post: A 21-year-old Female with Acute Liver Failure and Hemolytic Anemia

Hello, all!  It’s my privilege to begin posting on this blog – I’m a first-year anatomic pathology/clinical pathology resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and hopefully you’ll find some use out of my contributions to this multi-author blog!  I hope to share interesting cases that find their way into my training, blog [...]