Artefactual “in-vitro coagulopathy” in a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and lower gastrointestinal bleeding

• 1 Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
• 2 Nepean Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
• 3 Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Pathology West, Sydney, NSW.

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