OBESITY WITH POLYCYTHEMIA: REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: G M SMITH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 June 1959OBESITY WITH POLYCYTHEMIA: REPORT OF A CASEGADIEL M. SMITH, M.D., F.A.C.P.GADIEL M. SMITH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-6-1530 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years there have been several reports on the relation of obesity and polycythemia.In 1951 Newman, Feltman and Devlin1reported a small series of cases of supposed polycythemia vera with impairment of pulmonary function. Their case 4 was a very obese, somnolent patient with an arterial oxygen saturation of 69% and a maximal breathing capacity of 48% of predicted normal. Although the hemoglobin was 23 gm., the red blood cell count 7,500,000, and the hematocrit 67%, the white blood cell count was only 6, 550 and the platelet count 305, 510. This is not the usual picture of...Bibliography1. NewmanFeltmanDevlin WJAB: Pulmonary function studies in polycythemia vera, Am. J. Med. 11: 706, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. RattoBriscoeMortonComroe OWAJWJH: Anoxemia secondary to polycythemia and polycythemia secondary to anoxemia, Am. J. Med. 19: 958, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SiekerEstesKelserMcIntosh HOEHGAHD: A cardiopulmonary syndrome associated with extreme obesity, J. Clin. Investigation 34: 916, 1955. Google Scholar4. AuchinclossCookRenzetti JHEAD: Clinical and physiological aspects of a case of obesity, polycythemia and alveolar hypoventilation, J. Clin. Investigation 34: 1537, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. ComroeForsterDuboisBriscoeCarlsen JHREABWAE: The lung. Clinical physiology and pulmonary function tests, 1955, The Year Book Publishers, Chicago, p. 31. Google Scholar6. BurwellRobinWhaleyBickelmann CSEDRDAG: Extreme obesity associated with alveolar hypoventilation—a pickwickian syndrome, Am. J. Med. 21: 811, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Carroll D: A peculiar type of cardiopulmonary failure associated with obesity, Am. J. Med. 21: 819, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Weil MH: Polycythemia associated with obesity, J. A. M. A. 159: 1592, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. WeilPrasad MHAS: Polycythemia of obesity: further studies of its mechanism and a report of two additional cases, Ann. Int. Med. 46: 60, 1957. LinkGoogle Scholar10. LillingtonAndersonBrandenburg GAMWRO: The cardiorespiratory syndrome of obesity, Dis. of Chest 32: 1, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: East Orange, New Jersey*Received for publication November 1, 1957.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Gadiel M. Smith, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byObservations on some clinical features of extreme obesity, with particular reference to cardiorespiratory effects 1 June 1959Volume 50, Issue 6Page: 1530-1539KeywordsBlood countsHemoglobinObesityPlateletsPolycythemiaPolycythemia veraPulmonary functionRed blood cellsResearch laboratoriesWhite blood cells ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...