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Jarcho's syndrome
Synonyms:
Carcinoma-disseminated thrombocytopenic purpura, paraneo¬plastic thrombocytopenic purpura-disseminated carcinoma, thrombocytopenic purpura-disseminated carcinoma.
Associated persons:
Saul Wallenstein Jarcho
Description:
Thrombocytopenic purpura and leukoerythroblastic anaemia in patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bone marrow. Caused by autoimmune destruction of platelets.
Bibliography:
- S. Jarcho:
Diffusely infiltrative carcinoma. A hitherto undescribed correlation of several varieties of tumor metastasis.
Archives of Pathology, Chicago, 1936, 22: 674-696.
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