Extraordinarily Low Level of HbA1c due to Hemolytic Anemia

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Kizilarslanoglu M. C., Civelek R., Kilic M. K., Sumer F., Ulger Z.

GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL, sa.2, ss.76-77, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.12996/gmj.2016.23
  • Dergi Adı: GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.76-77
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

HbA1c measurement gives us information about glycemic levels in patients with diabetes mellitus for the last 3 months. Some factors such as drugs, anemia (hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinopathies etc.), alcoholism, renal failure may affect HbA1c levels via decreasing erythrocyte survival. Herein, we report a very rare clinical presentation of a case of geriatric male patient with an extraordinarily low level of HbA1c (2.7%) which was caused by immune hemolytic anemia associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.