title: Massive hemothorax due to intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis in a patient with thalassemia intermedia.
abstract: We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with thalassemia intermedia who developed a massive hemothorax due to hemorrhage from a large intrathoracic, paraspinal hematopoietic mass. Thoracotomy was required for initial control of bleeding. Postoperatively she received a total of 1,500 rads to the mass and has not had recurrence of the hemothorax. This complication of extramedullary hematopoiesis has not been previously reported, to our knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Manjoney
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Teitcher
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Braverman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed