Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria presenting with a left intraventricular thrombus in a patient with prior thymoma and aplastic anemia

Clin Med Insights Oncol. 2011:5:343-8. doi: 10.4137/CMO.S8442. Epub 2011 Nov 3.

Abstract

We report the case of a 37-year old man presenting with a left ventricular cardiac thrombus in the setting of subclinical paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinura (PNH) developing two years after immunosuppressive therapy for thymoma-associated aplastic anemia. The literature regarding the interplay between autoimmunity and immunosuppression, aplastic anemia, thymoma and the emergence of PNH is reviewed.

Keywords: aplastic anemia; cardiac thrombosis; paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; thymoma.

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