title: Dengue fever and bone marrow myelofibrosis.
abstract: Myelofibrosis is characterized by reticulin and/or collagen fibrosis in the bone marrow stroma resulting in secondary cytopenia. In addition to clonal hematologic neoplasms, myelofibrosis may also develop in association with other clinical conditions, including hematological disorders, solid malignancies, Down syndrome, autoimmune diseases and others. We report the first case to our knowledge of myelofibrosis associated with dengue fever. We briefly describe dengue infections and hypothesize the causes of myelofibrosis in this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502, USA. Electronic address: drqingx@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qing
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.
authors.forename: Changjun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Terasaki Foundation Laboratory, 11570 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064, USA.
authors.forename: Junchao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Bone marrow; Dengue fever; Myelofibrosis