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Spinal cord compression due to epidural extramedullary haematopoiesis in thalassaemia: MRI
1Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Neuroradiology
|February 11, 1998
Abstract:
Spinal epidural extramedullary haematopoiesis is very rare in thalassaemia. A 27-year-old man with thalassaemia intermedia presented with symptoms and signs of spinal cord compression. MRI showed a thoracic spinal epidural mass, representing extramedullary haematopoietic tissue, compressing the spinal cord. Following radiotherapy, serial MRI revealed regression of the epidural mass and gradual resolution of spinal cord oedema.