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The presence of methemalbumin in the circulating blood, indicative of haemoglobin breakdown; found in some patients with blackwater fever or paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria; described as a means of differentiating severe (haemorrhagic) from mild (oedematous) pancreatitis, and also has been described in other acute conditions such as strangulation obstruction of intestine and mesenteric artery occlusion.
American spelling: methemalbuminemia
(05 Mar 2000)
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