PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T Biss
AU  - P Hamilton
TI  - Myelofibrosis and angiodysplasia of the colon: another manifestation of portal hypertension and massive splenomegaly?
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.2003.015479
DP  - 2004 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 999--1000
VI  - 57
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/57/9/999.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/57/9/999.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol2004 Sep 01; 57
AB  - Bleeding owing to portal hypertensive colopathy, a form of large bowel angiodysplasia, as a cause of increased blood transfusion requirement is described in a 74 year old man with idiopathic myelofibrosis. The proposed mechanism and the potential therapeutic options for this rare complication of myelofibrosis are discussed.