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Cancer-related microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
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  1. Anthony A Donato1,
  2. Salik Nazir2,
  3. Niranjan Tachamo1,
  4. Daniel Forman3
  1. 1Internal Medicine Department, Reading Health System, West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
  2. 2Internal Medicine Department, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
  3. 3Hematology/Oncology, Reading Health System, West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Niranjan Tachamo, niranjantachamo{at}gmail.com

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A 71-year-old woman with widely metastatic breast cancer to liver and bone marrow presented with 2 weeks of fatigue. Examination revealed a severely ill-appearing woman in moderate distress with icterus and jaundice. Laboratory investigations revealed profound anaemia (haemoglobin 5.2 g/dL) with appropriate reticulocyte response (14.4%) …

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