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Rare case of focal mass like perirenal extramedullary haematopoiesis in a renal transplant recipient
- Source :
- BMJ Case Rep
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BMJ Publishing Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- Extramedullary haematopoiesis (EMH) is a physiological process of formation of blood cells outside the bone marrow in response to insufficient production or excessive destruction of blood cells. Most common sites of EMH are liver, spleen, lymph nodes, kidney and paraspinal regions. In this report, we have described a rare case of focal EMH which presented as a mass adjacent to the renal allograft. Imaging characteristics favoured a benign aetiology with MRI signals suggesting the presence of blood and fatty components. The final diagnosis of EMH was made by aspiration cytology and an unnecessary surgery was thus avoided.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
030232 urology & nephrology
Spleen
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Extramedullary haematopoiesis
Rare Disease
Rare case
Abdomen
medicine
Humans
Kidney
business.industry
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Kidney Transplantation
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Aspiration cytology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Renal transplant
Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary
Lymph
Bone marrow
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ Case Rep
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....25dd2b5c24c635203c948f7863b371ad