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Pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy: a rare but underappreciated complication of malignancy

Pakeeran Siriratnam and Vishal Boolell
Med J Aust 2019; 211 (6): . || doi: 10.5694/mja2.50305
Published online: 16 September 2019


  • Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, VIC


Correspondence: pakeeran1001@gmail.com
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  • 2. Ho AL, Szulakowsi P, Mohamid WH. The diagnostic challenge of pulmonary tumour thrombotic microangiopathy as a presentation for metastatic gastric cancer: a case report and review of the literature. BMC Cancer 2015; 15: 450.

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