Myelofibrosis complicated by intestinal extramedullary haemopoiesis and acute small bowel obstruction.
A 78 year old woman with myelofibrosis presented with an acute small bowel obstruction. Pathology of the resected small bowel showed extramedullary haemopoiesis leading to acute small bowel obstruction. As far as we know this is the first such reported case.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology