Hemoglobin Kansas found in a patient with polycythemia.
A 62-year-old woman, long suspected of having heart disease, was admitted to our hospital for thorough examination. Her hemoglobin level was 17.7 g/dl and her 2.3-DPG level was 8.90 microM/ml RBC. The patient proved to have polycythemia, hemoglobin Kansas, and diabetes mellitus. To our knowledge, this is the third case of hemoglobin Kansas in the world.
Morita
K
K
First Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
Fukuzawa
J
J
Onodera
S
S
Kawamura
Y
Y
Sasaki
N
N
Fujisawa
K
K
Ohba
Y
Y
Miyají
T
T
Hayashi
Y
Y
Yamazaki
N
N
D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008046:Lip; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010375:Pedigree; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; C017360:hemoglobin Kansas; D010100:Oxygen