Intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis simulating tumor, in a patient with sickle cell anemia.
Intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis (IEH) is a rare condition, usually asymptomatic, which accompanies a chronic hematologic disease. A 72-year-old woman with IEH is presented. The patient had no past medical history of anemia and was completely asymptomatic. Open biopsy showed extramedullary hematopoiesis (EH) due to heterozygous sickle cell anemia.
Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Science, University of Athens, Greece.
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D000368:Aged; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed