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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Surg.
Sec. Thoracic Surgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1489785

Huge Extramedullary Hematopoiesis Mass in the Posterior Mediastinum: A Case Report

Provisionally accepted
Zhao Junjun Zhao Junjun *Dong Lingjun Dong Lingjun Ma Zhifeng Ma Zhifeng Zhang Chu Zhang Chu Wang Haiyong Wang Haiyong
  • Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China

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    Background：Extramedullary hemopoiesis (EMH) is a rare condition characterized by abnormal blood cell production outside the bone marrow, commonly occurring in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and less frequently in the mediastinum.This case involves a 68-year-old male patient who was found to have a posterior mediastinal mass upon examination. A surgical biopsy was performed, and pathological examination confirmed it to be extramedullary hemopoiesis (EMH). Further investigation revealed that the patient also suffered from hemolytic anemia.The report presents a case of a large posterior mediastinal mass, which was confirmed to be extramedullary hemopoiesis (EMH) upon surgical pathology. It is challenging to differentiate posterior mediastinal tumors from EMH, and the possibility of EMH should be considered in patients with posterior mediastinal masses that have similar CT findings and laboratory test results.

    Keywords: Mediastinum, extramedullary hemopoiesis, Surgery, hemolytic anemia, case report

    Received: 01 Sep 2024; Accepted: 21 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Junjun, Lingjun, Zhifeng, Chu and Haiyong. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Zhao Junjun, Shaoxing People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China

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