.... In contrast, megakaryocytes obtained from patients with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia and especially essential thrombocythemia showed elevated enzymatic activities, particularly those of glycolytic enzymes such as lactic dehydrogenase. These findings presumably reflect the neoplastic nature...

...J. Benbassat; S. Penchas The available data of 338 cases of splenectomy in agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM) published since 1940 were retreived from the literature and analysed. There were no marked differences between male and female patients as to their survival since splenectomy, since...

...J. Benbassat; S. Penchas The data available for 338 cases of splenectomy in agnogenic myeloid metaplasia published since 1940 were retrieved from the literature and analyzed. The median survival of cases operated upon at an early stage of the disease (as judged by their hemoglobin level, platelet...

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...Kazuyuki Shimizu; Tomomitsu Hotta A 67-year-old woman with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, who underwent splenectomy 1 year after the diagnosis, experienced spontaneous hematologic remission 6 years after splenectomy. Ten months before her anemia improved, peripheral leukocytes no longer showed...

...Boleslaw Knobel; Enrico Melamud; Irit Virag; Dina Meytes We report an unusual case of a 44-year-old female patient with ‘malignant’ ascites caused by ectopic foci of extramedullary hematopoiesis in the course of agnogenic myeloid metaplasia. The patient had suffered also from severe Coombs-positive...

...Talha H. Imam; Donald C. Doll A 67-year-old man was diagnosed with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia. Several months later, he presented with dyspnea, malaise and chest pain. A pericardial effusion was evident and a pericardial biopsy was consistent with extramedullary hematopoiesis. 20 05 1996...