Cryohydrocytosis
Cryohydrocytosis
Definition
A rare, hereditary, hemolytic anemia due to a red cell membrane anomaly characterized by fatigue, mild anemia and pseudohyperkalemia due to a potassium leak from the red blood cells. A hallmark of this condition is that red blood cells lyse on storage at 4 degrees centigrade.
Also known as CHC, cryohydrocytosis, hereditary cryohydrocytosis with normal stomatin, stomatocytosis, cold-sensitive — per MONDO