Pulmonary embolism and lupus anticoagulant in a woman with renal cell carcinoma.
We report on a woman in whom pulmonary embolism and positive lupus anticoagulant occurred 9 months before the diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. To our knowledge this association has been described previously with other malignant neoplasms but not with a renal tumor, and it may represent an autoimmune paraneoplastic event.
Papagiannis
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Llandough Hospital, Wales, United Kingdom.
Cooper
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Banks
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D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / Q000032:analysis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology
D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor