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Strawberry Pink Blood

Jayashree D Kulkarni1, Puneeta Bhatia2, Sanjay A Pai3

  • 1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital, Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore, Karnataka 560055 India.

Indian Journal of Hematology & Blood Transfusion : an Official Journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
|November 5, 2016
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A 3-month-old infant presented with strawberry-pink blood that turned white and lipemic after centrifugation. This rare presentation suggests potential lipid metabolism disorders like familial hypercholesterolemia.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric lipidology
  • Hematology
  • Clinical biochemistry

Background:

  • Blood's typical red color is due to erythrocytes.
  • Lipemia, or high levels of lipids in the blood, can alter blood appearance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a rare case of a neonate with unusually colored blood.
  • To discuss the differential diagnosis for lipemic blood in infants.

Main Methods:

  • Clinical case presentation.
  • Observation of blood color changes before and after centrifugation.

Main Results:

  • The infant's blood was strawberry pink before centrifugation.
  • Post-centrifugation, the blood was white, indicating profound lipemia.
  • Differential diagnoses included familial hypercholesterolemia and familial combined hyperlipidemia.

Conclusions:

  • Infants can present with non-red blood due to severe hyperlipidemia.
  • Familial lipid disorders should be considered in neonates with lipemic blood.

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