Spherocytosis is the most common of the hereditary hemolytic anemias, with character istically shaped erythrocytes. An unusually large amount of arterial thrombus was docu mented in a dissected artery after angioplasty in a patient with spherocytosis. It is hypoth esized that the excessive arterial thrombus may have been linked to the spherocytosis.
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