title: Presacral extramedullary haematopoiesis with involvement of the sciatic nerve.
abstract: We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with no known blood disease who developed an extramedullary haematopoiesis of presacral localization that affected the right sciatic nerve. The diagnosis was made with imaging studies and CT-guided fine-needle aspiration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital, "Virgen de las Nieves", Avenida Coronel Muñoz s/n, E-08012 Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Carazo
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: de Fuentes
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rull
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region / Q000473:pathology; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed