Spinal cord compression due to extramedullary hematopoiesis in a patient with E-beta-thalassemia managed without radiation or surgery

• Main Authors: Van T. La (Author), Michael Diatte (Author), Johnathan Gaston (Author), Dallas Dick (Author), Raed Sweiss (Author), Zahra Pakbaz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) in individuals with thalassemia is often the result of undertreated severe anemia. Radiation or surgery is often the chosen approach to handle spinal cord compression due to these paraspinal EMH elements. Our patient is a 28-year-old male with E-beta-thalassemia wh...