A Thorny Finding: Unexpected Acanthocytosis in an Elderly Patient

Clin Chem. 2018 Sep;64(9):1410-1411. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.286807.

Authors

Alexander M Strait^{1

2}, Charles D Brackett^{2

3}, Deborah L Ornstein^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; alexander.m.strait@hitchcock.org.
² Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
⁴ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.

PMID: 30154201
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.286807

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abetalipoproteinemia / complications
Abetalipoproteinemia / diagnosis*
Aged
Atherosclerosis / complications
Atorvastatin / adverse effects
Diabetes Complications
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / adverse effects
Hypertension / complications
Male
Parkinson Disease / complications

Substances

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Atorvastatin