Marcoullis George, Abebe Lool, Jain Dharamvir, Talusan Richard, Bhagwati Niyati, Wiernik Peter H
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York Medical College, 600 East 233 Street, Bronx 10466, NY, USA.
Med Oncol. 2002;19(3):189-92. doi: 10.1385/MO:19:3:189.
We report the case of a 56-yr-old woman with adenocarcinoma of unknown origin metastatic to the bone marrow presenting with a thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-like syndrome refractory to protracted daily plasmapheresis and steroids but readily and completely responsive to docetaxel plus cisplatin. Sustained and complete response was pathologically confirmed.