Thrombotic Microangiopathy Revealing Bone Metastases from an Ethmoid Sinus Carcinoma

Mony Chenda Morisse; Loay Kontar; Céline Bihan; Mathieu Boone; Emma Lachaier; Dimitri Titeca-Beauport; Julien Maizel; Bruno Chauffert

doi:10.1159/000447998

Thrombotic Microangiopathy Revealing Bone Metastases from an Ethmoid Sinus Carcinoma

Case Rep Oncol. 2016 Aug 17;9(2):470-473. doi: 10.1159/000447998. eCollection 2016 May-Aug.

Authors

Mony Chenda Morisse¹, Loay Kontar², Céline Bihan¹, Mathieu Boone¹, Emma Lachaier¹, Dimitri Titeca-Beauport², Julien Maizel², Bruno Chauffert¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital, Amiens, France.
² Medical Intensive Care Unit and INSERM U1088, University Hospital, Amiens, France.

Abstract

Cancer-related thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a rare entity whose clinical and biological characteristics have been described in various tumors. Here we describe the first case of cancer-related TMA revealing diffuse bone metastases from an ethmoid sinus carcinoma.

Keywords: Cancer; Ethmoid sinus cancer; Thrombotic microangiopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports