A Challenging Case of Pseudohyperkalemia in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Pseudohyperkalemia is an uncommon finding in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. It is a misleading condition that could lead to iatrogenic hypokalemia when unwarranted treatment is administered. We describe an interesting case of pseudohyperkalemia in severe leukocytosis and how we identified it.

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Autores principales: Alhaj Moustafa, Muhamad, Malkovska, Vera, Elmahdy, Sherif, Catlett, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5734471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29276712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709617746194
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author Alhaj Moustafa, Muhamad
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spelling pubmed-57344712017-12-22 A Challenging Case of Pseudohyperkalemia in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Alhaj Moustafa, Muhamad Malkovska, Vera Elmahdy, Sherif Catlett, Joseph J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report Pseudohyperkalemia is an uncommon finding in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. It is a misleading condition that could lead to iatrogenic hypokalemia when unwarranted treatment is administered. We describe an interesting case of pseudohyperkalemia in severe leukocytosis and how we identified it. SAGE Publications 2017-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5734471/ /pubmed/29276712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709617746194 Text en © 2017 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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