Asian Journal of Transfusion Science (Dec 2024)

Para-Bombay blood group: Report of a rare blood group

  • Kimberly Fe Joibi,
  • Noor Haslina Mohd. Noor,
  • Mohd Nazri Hassan,
  • Salfarina Iberahim,
  • Wan Suriana Wan Abdul Rahman,
  • Shafini Mohd Yusoff,
  • Marini Ramli,
  • Rosnah Bahar,
  • Nurul Asyikin Nizam Akbar,
  • Zefarina Zulkafli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/ajts.ajts_3_21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 316 – 319

Abstract

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Para-Bombay blood group is a rare blood group typically characterized by the absence of H antigens on red blood cell and the presence of ABH substances on secretion. It can be easily missed and often mistaken as blood group O without extended testing. Detection is important as it significantly affect transfusion management. We report two cases of Para-Bombay A blood group in a teaching hospital in a North-Eastern state of Malaysia.

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