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.
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CHC; hereditary cryohydrocytosis with normal stomatin; stomatocytosis, cold-sensitive