This
case appeared on the Facebook “Haematology
Interest Group” this morning. I’d say it was a haemoglobinopathy of some
sort. But an abnormal haemoglobin, a thalassaemia, a compound haemoglobinopathy?
You can’t tell from just a blood film.
HPLC data, family background, ethnic origin… So
many people were posting a definitive diagnosis on the strength of having seen
target cells.
For all that I like the Facebook “Haematology Interest Group” there is a
lot of “look at this – what do you think?”,
not very much “this is a case of…”
and a lot of “THIS IS X EVEN THOUGH I’VE ONLY EVER SEEN IT ON THE INTERNET”.
I continue to follow the group, taking a *lot* of what I read with a pinch of
salt.
