Open AccessLung papillary adenocarcinoma complicated with paraneoplastic autoimmune hemolytic anemia: A case report
Author(s) -
Xing Limin,
Wang Huaquan,
Qu Wen,
Fang Fang,
Dong Qie,
Shao Zonghong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/1759-7714.12007
Subject(s) - medicine , autoimmune hemolytic anemia , adenocarcinoma , hemolytic anemia , lung , anemia , pathology , cancer
A middle‐aged woman presented at our facility and was diagnosed after surgery with lung papillary adenocarcinoma. Seven years earlier, she had suffered from autoimmune hemolytic anemia ( AIHA ), which was refractory. Following lung surgery, the AIHA was cured.