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Paraneoplastic disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by splenic littoral cell angioma

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  1. Medical Clinic III for Oncology, Haematology and Rheumatology, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53127, Bonn, Germany

    Marie Caroline Schlitter, Dominik Wolf & Karin Mayer

  2. Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany

    Heiko Rühl & Christina Bersens

  3. Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany

    Thore Thiesler

  4. Clinic of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Bonn, Germany

    Arndt-Hendrik Penner

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Schlitter and Rühl contributed equally.

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Schlitter, M.C., Rühl, H., Thiesler, T. et al. Paraneoplastic disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by splenic littoral cell angioma. Ann Hematol 93, 1795–1796 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-014-2060-x

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