Gaucher's disease. An unusual cause of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis

I Y Ch'en; D A Lynch; K R Shroyer; M I Schwarz

doi:10.1378/chest.104.6.1923

Gaucher's disease. An unusual cause of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis

Chest. 1993 Dec;104(6):1923-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.104.6.1923.

Authors

I Y Ch'en¹, D A Lynch, K R Shroyer, M I Schwarz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.

PMID: 8252992
DOI: 10.1378/chest.104.6.1923

Abstract

A thoracic paravertebral mass in an asymptomatic woman with type 1 Gaucher's disease proved to be due to extramedullary hematopoiesis. This is, to our knowledge, the first case of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis reported with Gaucher's disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Gaucher Disease / complications*
Gaucher Disease / diagnostic imaging
Gaucher Disease / physiopathology
Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary*
Humans
Radiography, Thoracic
Thorax*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed