Intracranial extramedullary hematopoiesis in patients with thalassemia: A case report and review of the literature

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1715-1720

  Eskazan, Ahmet Emre ^a,b,c   Ar, Muhlis Cem ^a,b,c   Baslar, Zafer ^a,b,c  

^a Diyarbakir Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCHROMISM; INTRACRANIAL EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POIKILOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; TENSION HEADACHE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 84865031995     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03499.x     Document Type: Review

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