Our case highlights a patient with spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma without clear cause in the setting of myasthenic crisis. While myasthenia gravis (MG) has been reported in the literature to be associated with vascular pathology such as polyarteritis nodosa, its association with coagulopathy and spontaneous major bleed is currently unclear. The patient in this case developed a sudden unprovoked iliopsoas hematoma while in the ICU for the management of newly diagnosed MG.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare vascular tumor and infrequently described in medical literature as case reports and case series. Diagnosis is often incidental with high index of histopathological suspicion from clinical pathologist. The pathological pattern is quite unique with distinct immunohistochemical stains.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Bronchology Interv Pulmonol
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