extramedullary hematopoiesis happens often in liver spleen and paraspinal

  • extramedullary hematopoiesis is production of blood outside marrow
  • common location includes liver, spleen
  • occasional will have paraspinal involvement in the chest
  • CT shows hypo vascular soft tissue mass and fat attenuation without calcium
  • biopsy can result in bleeding and should be approached with caution. 1 2

Footnotes

  1. Leong CS, Stark P. Thoracic manifestations of sickle cell disease. J Thorac Imaging. 1998;13(2):128-134. PubMed ↩

  2. Roberts AS, Shetty AS, Mellnick VM, et al. Extramedullary haematopoiesis: radiological imaging features. Clin Radiol. 2016;71(9):807-814. PubMed ↩