A Case of Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

Yoshihiro Fukumoto,Yoshitoshi Urabe,Toshihiko Kubo,Tohru Kaku,Yuju Ohno,Takatoshi Johkou,Hiroshi Tanaka

A Case of Pulmonary Embolism Caused by Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria

1998

Yoshihiro Fukumoto
Yoshitoshi Urabe
Toshihiko Kubo
Tohru Kaku
Yuju Ohno
Takatoshi Johkou
Hiroshi Tanaka

: 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.

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Internal medicine
Respiratory disease
Cardiology
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Vascular disease
Pulmonary embolism
Hemolysis
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Venous thrombosis
Etiology
Vein
Cerebral veins

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