MASSIVE BONE-MARROW NECROSIS AND POSTNECROTIC MYELOFIBROSIS IN A PATIENT WITH PRIMARY THROMBOCYTHEMIA

Authors
MAJUMDAR G PHILLIPS JK PEARSON TC
Citation
G. Majumdar et al., MASSIVE BONE-MARROW NECROSIS AND POSTNECROTIC MYELOFIBROSIS IN A PATIENT WITH PRIMARY THROMBOCYTHEMIA, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 47(7), 1994, pp. 674-676
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Journal of Clinical Pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219746
Volume
47
Issue
7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
674 - 676
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9746(1994)47:7<674:MBNAPM>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A case of non-fatal massive bone marrow necrosis (MBMN) is reported in a patient with primary thrombocythaemia five years after diagnosis. N o precipitating cause was identified. The patient developed postnecrot ic myelofibrosis six months later. As far as is known, this is the fir st report of MBMN in a case of primary thrombocythaemia.