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A case of pulmonary embolism caused by paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
Japanese Circulation Journal
|April 29, 1998
Abstract:
A patient with pulmonary embolism caused by paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is described. PNH sometimes causes venous thrombosis in the extremities, hepatic vein, or cerebral vein, but pulmonary embolism rarely occurs.