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Posts from category Hematopathology

Follow up to: 21-year-old with liver failure and hemolytic anemia

A couple of weeks ago I posted a case of a 21-year-old young woman who presented with acute liver failure and hemolytic anemia.  As suggested by one of the emails we received, this young lady had Wilson’s disease and the combination of liver failure and hemolytic anemia is a giveaway presentation of this rare disease. [...]

First Post: A 21-year-old Female with Acute Liver Failure and Hemolytic Anemia

Hello, all!  It’s my privilege to begin posting on this blog – I’m a first-year anatomic pathology/clinical pathology resident at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and hopefully you’ll find some use out of my contributions to this multi-author blog!  I hope to share interesting cases that find their way into my training, blog [...]

B-cell clonality: Recurrent lymphoma?

Clinical History and Pathological Findings An elderly woman presented with mild anemia and was found to have a positive fecal occult blood test and a positive serum anti-H. pylori IgG antibody test. Endoscopy was performed, and several superficial gastric and duodenal ulcers were biopsied. B-cell IgH PCR revealed a clonal B-cell population, and the diagnosis [...]

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