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The case of a 62-year-old diabetic and smoker male who was under study in another hospital due to anemia, thrombopenia and hematuria of several months of evolution is presented. The patient was admitted to the coronary unit for an acute extensive transmural myocardial infarction and treated with t-PA. A few hours later the patient presented hematuric urine, a decrease in hemoglobin and platelets and acute renal insufficiency. Hematologic study confirmed the diagnosis of paroxystic nocturnal hemoglobinuria. The evolution of the patient was poor despite intensive medical treatment requiring hemodialysis. The patient presented cardiac tamponade and died. The role of hematologic disease in acute myocardial infarction and the treatment and evolution of the coronary syndrome in the context of the disease are discussed.
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PMID:[Acute myocardial infarction in nocturnal paroxysmal hemoglobinuria]. 1125 45

This case report describes a massive honey bee envenomation in a 14-month-old male Belgian Malinois dog from St. Kitts, West Indies. Acute and delayed onsets of hemolytic anemia, echinocytosis, spherocytosis, thrombocytopenia, hemoglobinemia, and hemoglobinuria developed following envenomation. The dog recovered after treatment with glucocorticoids and supportive therapy. Spherocytosis, hemolysis, and thrombocytopenia in patients with massive bee envenomation are likely due to the direct toxic effects of the primary components of bee venom, melittin and phospholipase A2 (PLA2 ). Mellitin causes hemolysis by forming large pores in erythrocytes resulting in leakage of hemoglobin and also causes spectrin stiffening and resultant echinocyte and spherocyte formation. Melittin also stimulates PLA2 , a hydrolase that causes echinocytosis and spherocytosis, in vivo and in vitro, and mitochondrial breakdown in platelets. However, delayed manifestations could be attributed to immune-mediated mechanisms from the generation of antibodies against damaged erythrocytes and platelet membrane proteins.
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PMID:Hemolytic anemia, spherocytosis, and thrombocytopenia associated with honey bee envenomation in a dog. 3122 92