PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Clutterbuck, D J
AU  - Morrison, A E
AU  - Ludlam, C A
TI  - Osteolytic bone lesions in a patient with idiopathic myelofibrosis and bronchial carcinoma.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.48.9.867
DP  - 1995 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 867--868
VI  - 48
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/48/9/867.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/48/9/867.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1995 Sep 01; 48
AB  - A 59 year old man with longstanding myelofibrosis and previous splenectomy was incidently found to have a large lytic lesion in his left femur which required operative fixation. He had undergone right upper lobectomy for squamous carcinoma of the bronchus five years earlier. Histological analysis of bone reamings showed no evidence of metastatic carcinoma. Osteosclerosis is frequently noted in patients with myelofibrosis but osteolytic lesions are uncommon and may be confused with metastatic malignancy.