Spinal Cord Compression With Paraplegia in Myelofibrosis

M. B. Oustwani; E. S. Kurtides; Miriam Christ; Ivan Ciric

doi:10.1001/archneur.1980.00500550091019

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June 1980

Spinal Cord Compression With Paraplegia in Myelofibrosis

M. B. Oustwani, MD; E. S. Kurtides, MD, FACP; Miriam Christ, MD; et al Ivan Ciric, MD

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From the Departments of Pathology (Drs Oustwani and Christ), Neurosurgery (Dr Ciric), and Medicine (Dr Kurtides), Northwestern University Medical School and Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Ill.

Arch Neurol. 1980;37(6):389-390. doi:10.1001/archneur.1980.00500550091019

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• Paraplegia developed in a 70-year-old man with a 15-year history of polycythemia rubra vera and a two-year history of myelofibrosis, due to extensive epidural involvement by extramedullary hematopoiesis. Early diagnosis and aggressive therapy is essential if permanent paralysis is to be avoided.

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