Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and leukoerythroblastic blood film heralding bone marrow metastatic gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-123

  Rauh, Michael J ^a   Al Habeeb, Ayman ^b   Chang, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Gastric adenocarcinoma; Leukoerythroblastic (LEB); Metastasis; Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA)

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD FILM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MYELOPHTHISIC ANEMIA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH BIOPSY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANEMIA, MYELOPHTHISIC; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79551597944     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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