Fulminant thrombotic microangiopathy as a clinical presentation of an occult signet-ring cell carcinoma of the lung and misdiagnosed as idiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Niscola
Pasquale
P
Hematology Unit, S. Eugenio Hospital, Piazzale dell'Umanesimo 10, Rome 00144, Italy. pniscola@gmail.com
Palmieri
Maria B
MB
Scaramucci
Laura
L
Vischini
Gisella
G
Giovannini
Marco
M
Ferrannini
Michele
M
Palumbo
Roberto
R
Fratoni
Stefano
S
D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000175:diagnosis; D057049:Thrombotic Microangiopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed