paraspinal and presacral extramedullary hematopoiesis: a rare manifestation of polycythemia vera

Paraspinal and Presacral Extramedullary Hematopoiesis: A Rare Manifestation of Polycythemia Vera

Extramedullary hematopoiesis is characterized by the presence of hematopoietic tissue outside the bone marrow. Extrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis is a rare and usually asymptomatic condition. We report a case of a 38-year-old female with paraspinal and presacral extramedullary hematopoiesis with polycythemia vera. Clinical and laboratory evaluation, along with radiological and histopath...

Presacral extramedullary hematopoiesis: a diagnostic confusion concerning a rare presentation.

OBJECTIVE To report a rare case of extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) with an asymptomatic intrapelvic mass in a patient with thalassemia major. CLINICAL PRESENTATION The patient presented with a pelvic mass discovered by ultrasonography before undertaking laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones. Technetium-99m MDP bone scan failed to differentiate EMH from malignancy. A fine-needle aspir...

Cord compression by extramedullary hematopoiesis in polycythemia vera.

Myelopathy due to Spinal Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in a Patient with Polycythemia Vera

Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) occasionally occurs in patients exhibiting hematological disorders with decreased hematopoietic efficacy. EMH is rarely observed in the spinal epidural space and patients are usually asymptomatic. In particular, in the patients with polycythemia vera, spinal cord compression due to EMH is extremely rare. We report a case of polycythemia vera, in which operativ...

Myelodysplastic Syndrome Developing Presacral Extramedullary Hematopoiesis with Atypical MRI Findings

A 64-year-old woman was diagnosed to have refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia (RCMD) including an increased number of sideroblasts in the bone marrow (BM). Computed tomography (CT) revealed a presacral mass which showed iso- or high-intensity signals according to T1-weighted and hypo-intensity signals on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). CT-guided biopsy revealed the pr...

Ascites in CML - A Rare Extramedullary Manifestation

A 23 years female presented with history of generalised weakness and easy fatigability of 3 months duration, pain and distension of abdomen since 15 days and difficulty in breathing since 3 days due to abdominal distension. .She had no history of fever, cough, jaundice, decreased urine output, chest pain, palpitations or any bleeding tendency. On physical examination, patient was emaciated, afe...