Erschienen in:
01.11.2018 | Images in Hematology
Presacral extramedullary hematopoiesis under treatment with an erythropoietin-stimulating agent for myelodysplasia
verfasst von:
Tatsuya Konishi, Noriko Doki, Yasunobu Takaki, Aiko Igarashi, Kazuteru Ohashi
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Hematology
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Excerpt
Accumulated clinical experience has now provided clear and convincing evidence that erythropoietin-stimulating agents (ESAs), alone or in combination with granulocyte-stimulating factor, are efficacious in patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Moreover, the relative safety of prolonged use of ESA has resulted in widespread use in patients with MDS. We here report a unique case of presacral mass due to extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH), which was first observed before treatment with ESAs, but which more than doubled in a diameter after 3 years ESA treatment for myelodysplasia. …