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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with postirradiation malignant stromal tumor (leiomyosarcoma) of the jejunum
K H Lee1, P Fiedler, J Passarelli
1Harvard School of Medicine, Partners Neurology Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
|January 10, 2001
Abstract:
We describe a patient who presented with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and small bowel obstruction secondary to a malignant stromal tumor (leiomyosarcoma) of the jejunum, 25 years postchemotherapy and radiation treatment for stage IIA Hodgkin's disease. The patient was treated with corticosteroid therapy and surgical resection of the jejunal tumor. We conclude that autoimmune hemolytic anemia may be an unusual presentation for postirradiation sarcoma.