Splenomegaly is one of the characteristic signs of an overactive spleen. It can cause platelets to pool inside of your spleen and cause thrombocytopenia. Thrombocytopenia is when you have a low ...

Ojjaara helps patients with myelofibrosis by reducing spleen size, easing symptoms, and improving anemia to boost independence from blood transfusions. Ojjaara (momelotinib) is the first treatment of ...

This rare disease affecting the lymph nodes can increase your risk of developing lymphoma and life threatening infections. But timely treatment can often prevent serious complications. Share on ...

MPNs encompass PV, ET, and myelofibrosis, each with unique symptoms and complications, requiring distinct management strategies. Treatment goals for MPNs focus on symptom control, risk reduction, and ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My friend who lives in another state indicated her mother was diagnosed with an enlarged spleen. This is a woman in her 80s, still tall and slender, never smoked or drank alcohol, doesn ...

Vonjo is a medicine called a kinase inhibitor that is used to treat certain types of a blood disorder called myelofibrosis. Myelofibrosis is a type of blood cancer that causes scarring (fibrosis) in ...

Given the patient’s abdominal pain, she was evaluated sonographically as well. It was normal except for a 2-cm ovoid soft-tissue nodule anterior to the head of the pancreas. Thereafter, she was sent ...