Tumor-like Splemic Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in a Patient with Myelofibrosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 416-418

  Yokoyama, Tomoko ^a   Saigo, Katsuyasu ^b   Maeda, Naomi ^a   Hamada, Yasuhiro ^a   Yano, Yoshihiko ^a   Mori, Toshiyuki ^a   Tamura, Miho ^a   Tasaka, Katsumi ^a   Okutani, Toshio ^a   Takata, Masafumi ^a   Maeda, Yuichiro ^a   Tomofuji, Yoshinobu ^a   Chinzei, Tadanobu ^a,b  

^a Kakogawa Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Partial splenectomy; Polycythemia vera; Splenic tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOFIBROSIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; SPLEEN; SPLEEN TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOFIBROSIS; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; SPLEEN; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034181993     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.416     Document Type: Article

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