Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia associated with malignant haemangio-endothelioma.
A case of microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia associated with malignant haemangio-endothelioma is described. It is suggested that haemolysis may have been due to mechanical trauma sustained by the red blood cells on passage through the tumour's abnormal vasculature.
D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000150:complications*; D001792:Blood Platelets; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000150:complications*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012156:Reticulocytes; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy; D014628:Vagotomy