[The relationship of clinical severity and roentgenologic findings in beta thalassemia]

There were altogether 68 patients suffered from beta-thalassemia in the Veterans General Hospital from 1979 to 1986. However only 18 patients had abnormal roentgenologic findings. They were 7 males and 11 females. Their ages ranged from 8 months to 47 years with an average of 13 years. Clinically beta-thalassemia was divided into 3 types: 1) thalassemia major, 2) thalassemia intermediate, 3) thalassemia minor. The osteoporosis, hepatosplenomegaly, and extramedullary hematopoiesis with pseudo-tumor formation. We concluded that the roentgenologic manifestation of the patient was more in patients with major or intermediate type.