Acquired hemophilia as first manifestation of breast carcinoma in a man under long-term spironolactone therapy

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-133

  Lamy, Olivier ^a   Elmiger, Hubert ^a   Fiche, Maryse ^a   Bauer, Jean ^a   Livio, Françoise ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquired hemophilia; Breast carcinoma; Spironolactone

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GYNECOMASTIA; HEMATOMA; HEMOPHILIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIURETICS; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SPIRONOLACTONE; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442599233     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-003-0372-2     Document Type: Article

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