Intractable Bone Pain in Myelofibrosis

Abstract

Myelofibrosis is a rare pre-malignant hematological disease. The aim of treatment is disease control and relief of symptoms. We report a case where disease control was acceptable for 10 years, but with very poor symptom control; in the last 9 months the patient was alive, and he suffered from bone pain that was resistant to any known medical, analgetic therapy. In order to identify plausible differential diagnoses the patient was excessively examined, but only myelofibrosis was found.




J Hematol. 2014;3(3):84-85
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jh155w