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8007427

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
A 63-year-old woman was in hospital for persistent backache. Four months prior to admission she had been pointed out as having hypertension for the first time. On admission, she had anemia (hemoglobin 7.0 g/dl) with reticulocytosis, and a blood smear showed fragmented erythrocytes. A bone marrow aspirate disclosed erythroid hyperplasia and invasion of cancer cells. The chest roentgenogram showed a coin-lesion of the right lung and left pleural effusion. A diagnosis of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) associated with carcinomatosis was made, but the primary site of the cancer was unknown. Respiratory failure developed and the patient died a month later. Surprisingly, the autopsy revealed a malignant pheochromocytoma arising from the right adrenal gland with massive metastases to the lungs, liver, lymph nodes and systemic bones, and also disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The DIC would probably account for the MAHA in this case. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of malignant pheochromocytoma accompanied by MAHA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0368-2811
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
171-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Malignant pheochromocytoma accompanied by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia: a case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology and Chemotherapy, Chiba Cancer Center Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports