A new case report of spinal cord compression secondary to beta-thalassemia;Un nouveau cas de compression médullaire secondaire à une bêta-thalassémie

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 159, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 574-576

  El Bahri Ben Mrad, F ^a   Zaouachi, N ^a   Fredj, M ^a   Ben Mrad, S ^b   Mrabet, A ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Serv Radiol   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0038205538     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. ALIBERTI B, PATRIKIOU A, TERENTIOU A, FRANGATOU S, PAPADIMITRIOU A. (2001). Spinal cord compression due to extramedullary haematopoiesis in two patients with thalassaemia: complete regression with blood transfusion therapy. J Neurol, 248: 18-22.
2. BRUNETEAU G, FÉNELON G, KHALIL A, KANFER A, GIROT R. (2000). Compression médullaire par hématopoièse ectopique chez un patient atteint de béta-thalassémie. Rev Neurol, 156: 5, 510-3.
3. CHOURMOUZI D, PISTEVOU-GOMPAKI K, PLATANIOTIS G, SKARAGAS G, PAPADOPOULAS L, DREVELEGAS A. (2001). MRI findings of extramedullary haematopoiesis. Eur Radiol, 11: 1803-6.
4. COSKUN E, KESKIN A, SUZER T, SERMEZ Y, KILDACI T, TAHTA K. (1998). Spinal cord compression secondary to extramedullary haematopoiesis in thalassaemia intermedia. Eur Spine J, 7: 501-4.
5. GATTO I, TERRANA V, BIONDI L. (1954). Compressione sul midollo spinale da proliferazione di midollo osseo nello spazio epidurale in soggetto affetto da malattia di Cooley splenectomizzato. Haematologica, 38: 421-7.
6. SINGOUNAS EG, SEKAS DE, HADLEY DM, CHALEVELAKIS G, SFAKIANOS G, RAPTIS S, KARVOUNIS PC. (1991). Paraplegia in a pregnant thalassemic woman due to extramedullary haematopoiesis: successful management with transfusions. Surg Neurol, 36: 210-5.