Synonym(s)
Hemiglobin cyanosis; Methemoglobin cyanosis
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Methaemoglobinaemia with slate grey skin colour. Met-Hb contains iron in III-valent form (hemiglobin), which prevents oxygen from being transferred.
EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Mostly acquired by taking medication(sulfonamides, dapsone; phenacetin). Less frequently through inhalation of tissue toxins (nitro and ammonium compounds).
Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.
The physiological blood Met-Hb level is <1.0%1 of total adult hemoglobin. Hemoglobin cyanosis may not become apparent until Met-Hb levels >35% of total Hb.
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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer