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myelophthisis, panmyelophthisis
1. The wasting or atrophy of the spinal cord as in tabes dorsalis. 2. Replacement of hemopoietic tissue in the bone marrow by abnormal tissue, usually fibrous tissue or malignant tumors that are most commonly metastatic carcinomas.
3. Bone marrow suppression secondary to marrow infiltration by tumor with local production of myelosuppressive cytokines (causing bone marrow suppression).
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