[Compression of the cauda equina due to extramedullary hematopoiesis].
A 48 year-old patient with a myelosclerosis was operated from a cauda equina compression which had been revealed by bilateral sciatica. The epidural space was filled with extra-medullary hematopoietic tissue. The mechanism of epidural hematopoiesis is discussed.
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Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Centre Médico-Chirurgical Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier.
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D002420:Cauda Equina; D004824:Epidural Space; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000150:complications
Compression de la queue de cheval par hématopoièse extra-médullaire.