[Myelophthisis and gastric cancer. An unusual association].

作者信息

Romano Juan Pablo, Rodriguez Edwin, Lamberto Facundo N, Parrilla María Marta, Benitez María Pilar, Díaz Aguiar Pablo

机构信息

Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, Buenos Aires, Argentina e-mail:

Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

出版信息

Medicina (B Aires). 2019;79(4):295-298.

The infiltration of the bone marrow y non-hematopoietic cells is called myelophthisis. In patients with gastric cancer, this invasion is extremely infrequent and the survival is usually less than three months. We present the case of a 35-year-old man with bone marrow involvement secondary to diffuse gastric carcinoma of signet ring cells.