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A 19 year old man presents after inhaling amyl nitrite at a party. He feels light headed and short of breath. On examination he is tachycardic but normotensive, with normal oxygen saturation on pulse oximetry. There is a chocolate brown colour to his blood sample. Which diagnosis best explains these findings?

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