Abstract
The inherited haemoglobin disorders and the clinical laboratory is essential in the diagnosis. Phlebotomy is the therapeutic procedure indicated to reduce blood viscosity and decreasing the risk of thrombotic events in the haemoglobin variants with high affinity for O2 or vaso-occlusive crises in SCD with double heterozygosity HbSC. We describe how therapeutic bleeding remains the treatment in two variant haemoglobinopathies, Hb Regina and the Hb Trollhattan, reported for the first time in the Italian population and a double heterozygosity HbSC. In patients with high haematocrit level when other secondary conditions of polyglobulia are excluded, a high liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis for haemoglobin study should be suggested.
Keywords
Haemoglobinopathy, Sickle cell disease, High liquid chromatography analysis, Polyglobulia, Phlebotomy