Idiopathic myelofibrosis mimicking hemolytic anemia
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Correspondence: Dr. Reetu Baral, MD Department of pathology, KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: [email protected] Idiopathic Myelofibrosis is an infrequent chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by varying degrees of bone marrow fibrosis and extra medullary hematopoiesis, with the fibrosis being a reactive phenomenon to a neoplastic proliferation of a pluripotent hematopoietic stem cell. Idiopathic Myelofibrosis is heterogeneous in presentation and clinical course, with anemia being one of the most important problems. We present a case of a 59 year old male who presented with severe anemia, the peripheral blood picture mimicking hemolysis with numerous schistocytes and teardrop cells. ABSTRACT
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