[Rheumatologic diseases and haemoglobinopathies in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2010 May;103(2):80-3. doi: 10.1007/s13149-010-0052-1. Epub 2010 Apr 13.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The purpose of this study is the prevalence of the rheumatologic complications in the sickle cell disease and the associations between haemoglobinopathies and rheumatologic affections. It is a retrospective study from 29 February 2006 to 28 March 2008 conducted in the Internal Department of the University Hospital Yalgado-Ouédraogo. All patients received in the period of study and having an electrophoresis of haemoglobin realized in alkaline pH were included. These patients came from hematologic consultation. Two hundred and seventy-seven patients out of 1451 were included: 142 patients (51.30%) had haemoglobinopathies, including 21 (7.60%) with composite sickle cell disease SC and 17 patients (6.13%) had aseptic necrosis of the femoral head including 7 with haemoglobin SC. The other rheumatologic affections did not have a semiological particularity related to the type of haemoglobin. The prevalence of patients who have haemoglobinopathies is important in rheumatologic practice. The sickle cell disease is strongly associated to osteonecrosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / epidemiology
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / genetics
  • Back Pain / epidemiology
  • Burkina Faso / epidemiology
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Femur Head Necrosis / epidemiology
  • Genotype
  • Hemoglobin SC Disease / epidemiology
  • Hemoglobin SC Disease / genetics
  • Hemoglobinopathies / epidemiology*
  • Hemoglobinopathies / genetics
  • Hospitals, University / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rheumatic Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Risk Factors
  • Selection Bias
  • Young Adult