Table 3.

Characteristics of patients with spur cell anemia

No	Age	Sex	Etiology	Child–Pugh score	MELD score	Hemoglobin (g/dL)	Treatment	Prognosis	References
1	26	M	Alcohol	11	24	2.1	Blood transfusion, albumin infusion, plasma diafiltration, diuretics, intubation	Doing well for a year	Our case
2	31	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	9.0	Blood transfusion	Succumbed in 2 weeks	[23]
3	52	M	Alcohol	12	29	7.9	Blood transfusion, plasmapheresis, albumin infusion	Discharged	[24]
4	64	M	NAFLD	10	NA	6.6	High-dose steroids, dialysis	Discharged	[25]
5	9	F	Wilson's disease	NA	NA	8.9	NA	Succumbed within 10 days	[19]
6	44	M	Alcohol	11	27	7.4	NA	Waiting for LT	[26]
7	47	F	Alcohol	NA	NA	NA	Blood transfusion	NA	[27]
8	44	F	PBC/AIH overlap	NA	30	9.0	Blood transfusion, plasmapheresis	Waiting for LT	[28]
9	60	M	Alcohol	NA	38	6.1	Blood transfusion	Succumbed in 5-months	[29]
10	32	F	Alcohol, HCV	NA	NA	6.2	Blood transfusion	Waiting for LT	[30]
11	56	F	NA	NA	NA	6.8	Blood transfusion	Succumbed	[31]
12	61	F	PBC	NA	NA	6.2	NA	NA	[20]
13	34	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	NA	LT	Doing well	[13]
14	17	F	Biliary atresia	NA	NA	5.7	LT	Doing well	[14]
15	47	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	7.3	Blood transfusion	Waiting for LT	[32]
16	43	F	Alcohol	NA	40	11.2	NA	Succumbed in 2-months	[33]
17	48	M	NA	NA	NA	7.7	NA	Succumbed before LT	[34]
18	30	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	7.7	Flunarizine, pentoxifylline, cholestyramine	Recovery of anemia	[35]
19	41	F	Alcohol	NA	NA	8.4	Diuretics	Lost of follow-up	[36]
20	31	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	NA	LT	Doing well a year later	[16]
21	53	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	8.5	LT	Recovery of anemia	[37]
22	44	F	Alcohol	NA	NA	9.0	LT	Doing well 3-months later	[37]
23	49	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	[38]
24	52	M	Alcohol	NA	NA	7.9	NA	Succumbed	[39]
25	47	F	Alcohol	NA	NA	6.2	Flunarizine	Recovery of anemia	[40]
26	45	F	Alcohol	NA	NA	8.3	Flunarizine	ND	[40]

AIIH autoimmune hepatitis, HCV hepatitis C virus, F female, LT liver transplantation, M male, MELD Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, NA not available, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, PBC primary biliary cholangitis