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Priapism in a patient with unstable hemoglobin: hemoglobin Köln
Valérie Andrieu1, Olivier Dumonceau, Marie-José Grange
1Service d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie Biologiques, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.
American Journal of Hematology
|September 2, 2003
Abstract:
We report a case of severe priapism occurring in a patient with unstable hemoglobin, hemoglobin Köln, and underline several factors that may have contributed to this complication: abnormal plasticity of red cells, splenectomy, and cytomegalovirus infection. Since emergency treatment may prevent impotence, patients and parents should be educated about this complication.