MR of thoracic cord compression caused by epidural extramedullary hematopoiesis in myelodysplastic syndrome.
1997; American Society of Neuroradiology; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1936-959X
AutoresDonald A. Dibbern, Laurie A. Loevner, Andrew P. Lieberman, Kevin E. Salhany, Andrew Freese, Paul J. Marcotte,
Tópico(s)Bone and Joint Diseases
ResumoSpinal cord compression caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis is a rare complication of chronic anemic states, most frequently occurring in patients with beta-thalassemia. We report the MR appearance of extramedullary hematopoiesis resulting in cord compression in a patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome, which was isointense with the spinal cord on T1-weighted images and markedly hypointense on fast spin-echo T2-weighted images, and that demonstrated enhancement.
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