Gaucher's disease. An unusual cause of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis.
A thoracic paravertebral mass in an asymptomatic woman with type 1 Gaucher's disease proved to be due to extramedullary hematopoiesis. This is, to our knowledge, the first case of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis reported with Gaucher's disease.
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Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed