Two cases of microangiopathic erythroblastic haemolytic anaemia are reported. In both of them mucinous gastric adenocarcinoma and bone marrow metastasis were present. The patients also showed hepatic and splenic haematopoiesis. In one of these cases neoplastic pulmonary microembolisation was demonstrated. The pathogenesis of both erythroblastosis and microangiopathic haemolisis are discussed.
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