A case of acute abdomen in a non-splenectomised patient with hereditary spherocytosis

Write an essay titled: A case of acute abdomen in a non-splenectomised patient with hereditary spherocytosis

You are required to construct a fictitious case study of a patient presenting with acute abdominal symptoms and a markedly elevated plasma lipase level. The patient has a history of hereditary spherocytosis and has not been splenectomised.
You will need to consider the most likely cause of the acute abdominal pain and elevated plasma lipase level in a patient with this medical history. 
Word limit approximately 1500 words

Requirements: 

• Abstract
• Clinical presentation including presenting symptoms, past medical history and relevant current pathology results which include a markedly elevated plasma lipase level.
• Treatment and disease progression and clinical outcome.
• Discussion including a brief overview of the pathogenesis of hereditary spherocytosis and a clear explanation of the link between HS, the current pathology results and the patient’s current acute abdominal symptoms.
• Conclusion and recommendations, summing up the case with a recommendation of how the risk of developing this critical medical condition may be minimised in patients with hereditary spherocytosis.