The shortened life-span of acanthocytes in cirrhosis with hemolytic anemia may be due to their nonpliable character leading to splenic sequestration.
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Suggests splenic sequestration of nonpliable acanthocytes drives hemolysis in cirrhosis; leaves open generalizability beyond this case report.
Charles C. Douglass (1968) studied this question.
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