myeloid metaplasia

myeloid metaplasia
a syndrome characterized by myeloid tissue in extramedullary sites with nucleated erythrocytes and immature granulocytes in the circulating blood and extramedullary hematopoiesis in the liver and spleen, as well as anemia and splenomegaly. Both a primary form (agnogenic myeloid m.) and secondary forms are known.

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