Primary myelofibrosis

A rare myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by stem-cell derived clonal over proliferation of mature myeloid lineages, such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, and megakaryocytes, with variable degrees of megakaryocyte atypia, associated with reticulin and/or collagen bone marrow fibrosis, osteosclerosis, ineffective erythropoiesis, angiogenesis, extramedullary hematopoiesis, and abnormal cytokine expression.

Cirrhosis

A chronic disorder of the liver in which liver tissue becomes scarred and is partially replaced by regenerative nodules and fibrotic tissue resulting in loss of liver function.


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PMID (PMCID)
18691992
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Hydroxyurea associated with concomitant occurrence of diffuse longitudinal melanonychia and multiple squamous cell carcinomas in an elderly subject.
Saraceno R, Teoli M, Chimenti S.
Clin Ther. 2008;30(7):1324-9.
We report the case of an 81-year-old white man (weight, 82 kg; height, 173 cm; photodamaged type II skin) affected with cirrhosis of the liver, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, and a 3-year history of longitudinal melanonychia and periungual hyperpigmentation.