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Incidental finding of myeloproliferative disorders during sternotomy
Maher E Deeb1, Yaron Shargal, Gideon Merin
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 25, 2002
Abstract:
We report 2 cases of myeloproliferative disorders discovered incidentally at the time of routine coronary bypass surgery. Suspicion of abnormal bone marrow tissue upon performing sternotomy and subsequent sampling for frozen section made the diagnosis. The surgical plan was changed, and partial revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass was performed.