SPINAL-CORD COMPRESSION DUE TO EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS IN THE PROLIFERATIVE PHASE OF POLYCYTHEMIA-VERA

Authors
DEMORAIS JCO SPECTOR N LAVRADO FP NOBRE LF DEMATTOS JP PULCHERI W NUCCI M NOVIS S DEOLIVEIRA HP
Citation
Jco. Demorais et al., SPINAL-CORD COMPRESSION DUE TO EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS IN THE PROLIFERATIVE PHASE OF POLYCYTHEMIA-VERA, Acta haematologica, 96(4), 1996, pp. 242-244
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Acta haematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015792
Volume
96
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
242 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5792(1996)96:4<242:SCDTEH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Extramedullary hematopoiesis is a common accompaniment of a variety of hematologic diseases such as hereditary spherocytosis, thalassemia an d myelofibrosis. The association of extramedullary hematopoiesis with polycythemia vera in the proliferative phase is much less usual. We re port a patient who presented with paraplegia due to spinal cord compre ssion; clinical investigation revealed a paravertebral hematopoietic t umor, and the diagnosis of polycythemia vera was then established.