RETROCRURAL MASSES OF EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS IN BETA-THALASSEMIA

Authors
VLAHOS L TRAKADAS S GOULIAMOS A PLATANIOTIS G PAPAVASILIOU C
Citation
L. Vlahos et al., RETROCRURAL MASSES OF EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS IN BETA-THALASSEMIA, Magnetic resonance imaging, 11(8), 1993, pp. 1227-1229
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Magnetic resonance imaging → ACNP
ISSN journal
0730725X
Volume
11
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1227 - 1229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0730-725X(1993)11:8<1227:RMOEHI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A case of extramedullary hemopoiesis in an 18-yr-old girl suffering fr om beta-thalassemia is reported. Extramedullary hemopoietic masses wer e localized apart from the paraspinal region in the retrocrural areas as well as the presacral region associated with massive destruction of the sacrum. The importance of recognition of hemopoietic masses in th ese regions in conditions other than hereditary hemolytic anaemias is briefly discussed.