Spinal Cord Compression due to Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in the Proliferative Phase of Polycythemia vera

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 242-244

  de Morais, José Carlos Oliveira ^a   Spector, Nelson ^b   Lavrado, Fab�ola Passeri ^c   Nobre, Luis Felipe ^d   de Mattos, James Pitàgoras ^c   Pulcheri, Wolmar ^b   Nucci, Marcio ^b   de Oliveira, Halley Pacheco ^b  

^a Pathology   (Brazil)

^b Hemostasis and Thrombosis Institute   (Brazil)

^c Neurology   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Myeloid metaplasia; Myeloproliferative disorders (complications); Polycythemia vera; Spinal cord; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THALASSEMIA;

BONE MARROW; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0029831227     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203792     Document Type: Article

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