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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
Hepatic nodule: a case of primary myelofibrosis
  1. Filipe Sousa Cardoso,
  2. João Veríssimo Pires,
  3. José Simão Miranda,
  4. João Mascarenhas Araújo
  1. Department of Medicine, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal
  1. Correspondence to Dr Filipe Sousa Cardoso, filipe_sousacardoso{at}hotmail.com

Summary

Primary myelofibrosis is one of the entities that may manifest with lesions of extramedullary haematopoiesis, especially in spleen and liver.

The authors report a case of primary myelofibrosis presenting incidentally as an intrahepatic focal lesion of extramedullary haematopoiesis, a rare occurrence that highlights the challenge of hepatic nodule differential diagnosis, and allows reflection about the diagnostic criteria and prognostic factors of this myeloproliferative disease.

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