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.

Progressive spastic paraparesis



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PMID (PMCID)
464550
MALE Middle Aged
Progressive myelopathy due to extramedullary hematopoiesis: case report and review of the literature.
Stahl SM, Ellinger G, Baringer JR.
Ann Neurol. 1979;5(5):485-9.
We report a case of extensive thoracic epidural EMH causing progressive spastic paraparesis in a patient with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia.