Blood, 1960, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 1629-1641.
© 1960 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Desoxyribonucleoprotein Thromboembolism Following
Total Body Irradiation: Case Report
ZDENEK HRUBAN 1,
MILA I. PIERCE 1,
SUMATI NAIR 1, and
NANCY E. WARNER 1
1 Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Chicago School of
Medicine.
A case of sudden death shortly after total body radiation is reported in a
patient with acute stem cell leukemia. The sudden death was associated with
capillary DNA thromboembolism.
Submitted on March 31, 1960
Accepted on July 3, 1960
