Myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression
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Myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression.
This report describes a case of myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression on account of extramedullary haemopoietic tissue encroaching upon the spinal cord from a large pelvic mass.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.2.154