Journal de cytologie et d'histologie

Macroscopic Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Resembling Hepatic Metastases in Prostate Cancer

Abstract

Romero-Laorden N, Jara C, Pinedo F, de la Cruz R, Hernando S, Cámara JC, Hurtado A, Olier C, Mielgo X and Garcia-Donas J

Extramedullary hematopoiesis is a rare entity to consider in patients with cancer and signs of bone marrow infiltration that can involve a diagnosis challenge in clinical practice. We report the case of a metastatic prostate cancer patient progressing with liver nodes and hepatic dysfunction symptoms that presented a great response to an alternative chemotherapy schedule regimen used to avoid liver toxicity of taxanes.