Myelodysplastic syndrome with synchronous gastric cancer: when the symptoms suggest something else

نویسندگان

  • Paula de Melo Campos
  • Fabiola Traina
  • Irene Lorand-Metze
  • Sara Teresinha Olalla Saad
چکیده

Although myelodysplastic syndromes have a clear definition in theory, the morphologic dysplasia associated with ineffective hematopoiesis may be subtle and difficult to recognize and can commonly be mimicked by systemic conditions, such as infections, autoimmune disorders, nutritional deficiencies, toxic factors and non-hematological malignancies. However, myelodysplastic syndromes may truly coexist with other systemic diseases, which can be masked when the patient's symptoms are attributed exclusively to myelodysplastic syndromes without further investigation. To better illustrate this, we herein describe two cases associated with synchronous gastric cancers.

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دوره 36  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014