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Pulmonary Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Involving the Pulmonary Artery
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Pulmonary Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Involving the Pulmonary Artery

Varun Monga and Margarida Silverman
Hematology reports, Vol.7(1), pp.9-11
2015
DOI: 10.4081/hr.2015.5714
PMCID: PMC4378208
PMID: 25852851
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Abstract

Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) occurs as a complication of hematologic disorders such as myelofibrosis, sickle cell anemia and thalassemia. The extramedullary tissue usually involves liver, spleen and lymph nodes, less frequently the chest. We present a recent case of a man with myeloproliferative neoplasm who developed pulmonary hemorrhage secondary to EMH in the lung and pulmonary artery. Radiation therapy was considered the best approach, but it didn’t work and the patient died a week after radiation therapy was completed. We also review herein the present literature.
myeloproliferative neoplasms pulmonary hematopoiesis extramedullary Case Report

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