Unusual bone marrow hyperplasia in a case of thalassemia intermedia.
A case of beta thalassemia intermedia is described. Beside the typical hematologic picture and extramedullary erythropoiesis in the liver always present in such a clinical form, atypical masses due to foci of erythropoiesis were found at paravertebral, parasternal and subcostal sites. The size of these masses caused problems in differential diagnosis; they have been solved by computerized axial tomography.
D000328:Adult; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000473:pathology; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics