Case of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia (MAHA) and secondary Myelofibrosis with vertebral Metastasis

  • Dr Koushik Pan Post graduate trainee, Department of Medicine, SSKM, IPGME & R, Kolkata, India
  • Dr Subrata Chakrabarti Post graduate trainee, Department of Medicine, SSKM, IPGME & R, Kolkata, India
  • Dr Rajdip Choudhury Post graduate trainee, Department of Medicine, SSKM, IPGME & R, Kolkata, India
  • Dr Anup sarkar Post graduate trainee, Department of Medicine, SSKM, IPGME & R, Kolkata, India
  • Dr Sujoy Panchadhyayee Department of Medicine, SSKM, IPGME & R, Kolkata, India. RMO
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17511/ijmrr.2013.i04.10
Keywords: MAHA, Myelofibrosis, Gastric adenocarcinoma, Metastasis

Abstract

It is very rare for the primary presentation of a gastric malignancy to be with bone metastases. Also it is equally rare for MAHA to be a presenting feature of gastric adenocarcinoma as a paraneoplastic syndrome. This is a case report is 55years old female who presented with widespread vertebral deposits with diffuse bone marrow infiltration along with Coomb’s negative haemolytic anemia with thrombocytopenia and schistocytes in peripheral blood typical of MAHA. The combination of MAHA and bone infiltration in gastric adenocarcinoma is a very rare entity.

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Case of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia (MAHA) and secondary Myelofibrosis with vertebral Metastasis
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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2013.i04.10
Published: 2013-10-31
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Pan K, Chakrabarti S, Choudhury R, sarkar A, Panchadhyayee S. Case of Gastric Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia (MAHA) and secondary Myelofibrosis with vertebral Metastasis. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2013Oct.31 [cited 2024Nov.8];1(4):212-5. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/34
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Vol 1 No 4 (2013): Sep-Oct
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