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Disease hemolytic anemia
Symptom C0018952|extramedullary hematopoiesis
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PubMedID- 24575292 In our case the differential diagnosis process began by considering the broad categories of disease that presented with hepatosplenomegaly: anatomical abnormalities, congestion, infection, hematologic disorders, and infiltrative processes .although hematologic disorders could explain the organomegaly, several of these (including chronic hemolytic anemia, disorders associated with extramedullary hematopoiesis, myeloproliferative disorders, and sickle-cell disease) were ruled out because of the absence of other key signs such as jaundice, abnormal hemoglobin electrophoresis, painful crisis and leukocytosis.
PubMedID- 24404404 Although thalassemia, a form of chronic hemolytic anemia, is commonly associated with extramedullary hematopoiesis (emh), it is only rarely encountered in the spinal epidural space.

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