title: Myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression.
abstract: This report describes a case of myelofibrosis presenting as spinal cord compression on account of extramedullary haemopoietic tissue encroaching upon the spinal cord from a large pelvic mass.
authors.affiliation: Hillingdon Hospital, Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3NN, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Horwood
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dowson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaczmarski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*