title: The surgical palliative treatment of myelofibrosis. Personal experience.
abstract: We report a case of significant splenomegaly by myelofibrosis, treated in our institution, that we believe relevant to the completeness parade of symptoms and the exceptional size.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chirurgia e Bioingegneria, Sezione di Chirurgia, Università di Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: Niccolò
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Francioli
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guarnieri
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piccolomini
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tirone
authors.forename: Ilaria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gaggelli
authors.forename: Anton Ferdinando
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Carli
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome