during an episode of pneumonia and multiple pulmonary thromboembolic events , an adult male patient with sickle cell-c hemoglobinopathy developed a severe anemia associated with rapidly increasing splenic size and diminished splenic uptake of technetium tc 99m sulfur colloid , indicating diminished splenic function due to hypersequestration , a rare and noteworthy phenomenon in adult patients with sickle cell-c disease .
C0019045
hemoglobinopathy
C0002895
sickle cell