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.

Recurrent respiratory infections

An increased susceptibility to respiratory infections as manifested by a history of recurrent respiratory infections.


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Sweet's syndrome in a patient with idiopathic myelofibrosis and thymoma-myasthenia gravis-immunodeficiency complex: efficacy of treatment with etretinate.
Altomare G, Capella GL, Frigerio E.
Haematologica. 1996;81(1):54-8.
Here we present the case of a patient affected with a unique association of Sweet's syndrome, idiopathic myelofibrosis, spindle-cell thymoma, myasthenia gravis and Good's syndrome (a rare form of thymoma-related, combined immunodeficiency presenting with recurrent respiratory infections).