Presacral extramedullary haematopoiesis with involvement of the sciatic nerve.
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.
Carazo
E R
ER
Department of Radiology, University Hospital, "Virgen de las Nieves", Avenida Coronel Muñoz s/n, E-08012 Granada, Spain.
Herrera
R O
RO
de Fuentes
T M
TM
Rull
J P
JP
Muñoz
C M
CM
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