Case report: intracranial extramedullary haematopoiesis in postpolycythemic myelofibrosis.
Extramedullary haematopoiesis (EMH), which may occur in various types of haemodyscrasia and dyshaematopoiesis, is generally seen in the spleen, liver and lymph nodes, but rarely within the cranium. This is a case of intracranial EMH in a patient with secondary myelofibrosis which developed after the treatment of polycythaemia rubra vera.
Ohtsubo
M
M
Department of Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital.
Hayashi
K
K
Fukushima
T
T
Chiyoda
S
S
Takahara
O
O
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008679:Metaplasia; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed