A case of bone marrow necrosis with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura as a manifestation of occult colon cancer

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 476-480

  Lee, Jae Lyun ^a   Lee, Jung Hoon ^a   Kim, Min Kyoung ^a   Cho, Hee Soon ^a   Bae, Young Kyung ^a   Cho, Kil Ho ^a   Bae, Sung Hwa ^b   Ryoo, Hun Mo ^b   Lee, Kyung Hee ^a   Hyun, Myung Soo ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bone marrow necrosis; Colon cancer; Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; OXALIPLATIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW NECROSIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; SOLID TUMOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; BONE MARROW; COLON TUMOR; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; BONE MARROW; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 7944235490     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyh082     Document Type: Article

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