Spinal cord compression with paraplegia in myelofibrosis.
Paraplegia developed in a 70-year-old man with a 15-year history of polycythemia rubra vera and a two-year history of myelofibrosis, due to extensive epidural involvement by extramedullary hematopoiesis. Early diagnosis and aggressive therapy is essential if permanent paralysis is to be avoided.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*