A patient with pancreatitis, anaemia and an intrathoracic tumour. Diagnosis: tumour-simulating asymptomatic intrathoracic extramedullary haematopoiesis (EMH) in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis.
Medizinische Klinik, BG Kliniken Bergmannstrost, Merseburger Str. 165, 06112 Halle/Saale, Germany. daniel.kuegler@bergmannstrost.com
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed