Spinal cord compression due to epidural extramedullary haematopoiesis in acute myeloid leukemia: MRI findings

European Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-44

  Sönmez, Güner ^a   Görür, A Rauf ^a   Mutlu, Hakan ^a   Öztürk, Ersin ^a   Sildiroǧlu, Onur ^a   Karagöz, Bülent ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Extramedullary hematopoiesis; MRI; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46349084947     PISSN: 13043889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29333/ejgm/82573     Document Type: Article

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