20 August 2014 - Hb E

A very interesting blood count… hypochromic microcytic erythrocytosis; the blood film had target cells and basophilic stippling.

Specimen Results Entry TAKANAWA, TRISHIA                                   AB+       20/08/2014 11:00 QUAHOG                   Female   012345678          Haemophillia Centre Specimen No   :  AK529824H               Selected Auth Level : S --------------------T-------------------T-------------------T-------------------  HB    ^11.1   F000 |NEUH   7.2    F000 |                   |  HBG    111    F000 |LYMPH  1.8    F000 |                   |  WBC    9.7    F000 |MONO   0.6    F000 |                   |  PLT    193    F000 |EOS    0.1    F000 |                   |  RBC    4.97   F000 |BASO   0.0    F000 |                   |  HCT    0.329  F000 |~F1   ^PLTABD F008 |                   |  MCV    66.2   F000 |                   |                   |  MCH    22.3   F000 |                   |                   |  MCHC  ^33.7   F000 |                   |                   |  MCHCG  337    F000 |                   |                   | --------------------T-------------------T-------------------T------------------- LTG comments : F.,FR  1 Auth'd   2 Unauth'd   3 Nomin'd   4 Change   5 Reject  6 Options  7 eXit> U  Disc: CLIN    Sect: HK            David Styles       SRE/APEX    Overtype

I was getting quite excited… until I was told this was a known case of Hb E