Haematologica

Heavy menstrual bleeding is common in adolescents. The frequency and predictors of bleeding disorders in adolescents, especially with anovulatory bleeding, are unknown. Adolescents referred for heavy menstrual bleeding underwent an evaluati…

The European Hematology Association (EHA) Roadmap for European Hematology Research highlights major achievements in diagnosis and treatment of blood disorders and identifies the greatest unmet clinical and scientific needs in those areas to…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Severe anemia is an important problem in patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis (IM). When other therapeutic measures are unsuccessful or not applicable, 40-50% favorable responses are obtained with androgen therap…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Lymphocyte abnormalities in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have been widely described, but the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of these clonal disorders remains controversial. An active role of lymph…

In this paper, we describe a patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) secondary to endometriosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case presenting such an association. Surgical eradication of the endometriosis was the …

We present a 79-year-old man diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), treated with danazol, who died as a result of a spontaneously ruptured spleen. The histopathological diagnosis was splenic peliosis. This patient presents a chronolo…

We diagnosed Fanconi's anemia (FA) in a 34-year-old lady, daughter of consanguineous parents, from a small Southern Italian town. The patient was pancytopenic when she was 31, and was found to be aplastic at the age of 34. Spontaneous chrom…

BACKGROUND: The best treatment for patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who are refractory to or have contraindications for splenectomy and corticosteroid remains uncertain. We report here our experience with vinca alkalo…