An ABO-blood group abnormality leading to the detection of a colon-carcinoma

Annals of Hematology - Tập 46 - Trang 161-164 - 1983
H. Northoff1, A. Wölpl1, H. Bewersdorf2, J. D. Faulhaber2
1DRK-Blutspendezentrale Ulm und Abteilung für Transfusionsmedizin, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Federal Republic of Germany
2Kreiskrankenhaus Aalen, Aalen, Federal Republic of Germany

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A patient who had been admitted to hospital for surgical treatment of inguinal hernias was found to have a blood group phenotype of A1B in the presence of a non-auto-anti-B. No previous records of the patient's blood group were available. The serological workup including absorption and saliva inhibiton studies yielded a high probability for an acquired B-antigen which is known to be often associated with carcinoma of the colon. Subsequent coloscopy revealed the presence of a carcinoma of the sigmoid, unaccessable to palpation. To our knowledge this is the first report in the literature that the serological diagnosis of an acquired B-antigen led to the detection of a hitherto undetected carcinoma.

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