Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for postpolycythemic myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis: a case report

T de Revel; S Giraudier; G Nedellec; M Joussemet; P Bourin; H Schill; J F Gaillard; G Auzanneau

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for postpolycythemic myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis: a case report

Bone Marrow Transplant. 1995 Jul;16(1):187-9.

Authors

T de Revel¹, S Giraudier, G Nedellec, M Joussemet, P Bourin, H Schill, J F Gaillard, G Auzanneau

Affiliation

¹ Department of Haematology, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées du Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France.

PMID: 7581121

Abstract

Myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis develops in about 10% of patients with polycythemia vera. We report a case of a 48-year-old female with postpolycythemic myelofibrosis successfully treated with allogeneic HLA-matched bone marrow transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Female
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Middle Aged
Polycythemia / complications
Polycythemia / surgery*
Primary Myelofibrosis / etiology
Primary Myelofibrosis / surgery*
Transplantation, Homologous