Metastatic splenic angiosarcoma presenting with thrombocytopenia and bone marrow fibrosis mimicking idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and primary myelofibrosis: a diagnostic challenge

Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2013 Oct;13(5):629-33. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2012.12.013. Epub 2013 Jun 22.

Authors

Shimin Hu¹, Carlos E Bueso-Ramos, Srdan Verstovsek, Roberto N Miranda, C Cameron Yin, Timothy McDonnell, L Jeffrey Medeiros, Pei Lin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

PMID: 23800601
DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2012.12.013

No abstract available

Keywords: ITP; metastasis; myelofibrosis; splenic angiosarcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Bone Marrow / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Fibrosis
Hemangiosarcoma / diagnosis*
Hemangiosarcoma / secondary*
Hemangiosarcoma / surgery
Humans
Male
Primary Myelofibrosis / diagnosis*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / diagnosis*
Splenic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Splenic Neoplasms / secondary*
Splenic Neoplasms / surgery
Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis*