Extramedullary peritoneal hematopoiesis combined with tuberculosis in a patient with primary myelofibrosis

Med Oncol. 2009;26(2):238-41. doi: 10.1007/s12032-008-9099-2. Epub 2008 Oct 11.

Abstract

Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by bone marrow fibrosis or dysmegakaryocytes, extramedullary hematopoiesis, and the presence of JAK2 mutations. We present a 73-year-old man with PMF that had a fulminant clinical course. Peritoneal extramedullary hematopoiesis combined with tuberculosis was found 4 months after the diagnosis. This combination of complications has not been previously reported. These events were followed by rapid leukemic transformation and the patient's death.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Ascites / diagnostic imaging
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary*
  • Humans
  • Janus Kinase 2 / genetics
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Peritoneum / pathology*
  • Peritonitis, Tuberculous / complications*
  • Peritonitis, Tuberculous / diagnostic imaging
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / complications
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / diagnosis*
  • Primary Myelofibrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography

Substances

  • Janus Kinase 2