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The detection of extramedullary hematopoiesis in a patient with osteopetrosis

B K Adams1, N A Smuts

  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

99mTc-HSA millimicrospheres were used to detect a site of extra medullary hematopoiesis in the chest of a patient with severe osteopetrosis, anemia, thrombocytopenia and splenomegaly causing renal complications. These problems led to the consideration of splenectomy which necessitated a search for other extra medullary hematopoietic sites.

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