An interesting presentation of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis in a patient with thalassemia intermedia

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 409-412

  Turgut, B ^a   Pamuk, G E ^a,b   Vural, O ^a   Demir, M ^a   Unlu E ^a   Celik H ^a   Cakir B ^a   Kutlu, K ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Kocasinan Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Paravertebral mass; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAVERTEBRAL MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALASSEMIA; THORAX;

AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HEMATURIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MEDIASTINUM; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SPLENOMEGALY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0347504921     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0141-9854.2003.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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