ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1974
Page Count: 5

Sudden Unexpected Death in Hemoglobin SC Disease
Chang, AH
Student, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Ohio

Hirsch, CS
Associate pathologist and deputy coroner, Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, Ohio

Hoffman, GC
Head, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio

(Received 19 March 1973; accepted 12 June 1973)

Abstract

Persons with sickle cell anemia have an extensive morbidity and frequently die at an early age. In some instances their deaths occur suddenly [1]; such an occurrence in hemoglobin SC disease is rare. This report documents the sudden and unexpected death of a 48-year-old black man whose first symptoms of hemoglobin SC disease were his last.

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Paper ID: JFS10068J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10068J
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