Cauda equina compression syndrome in a patient affected by thalassemia intermedia: complete regression with blood transfusion therapy.
Surgical excision followed by radiotherapy has been reported to be successful in the treatment of spinal cord compressions due to extramedullary hematopoiesis in patients affected by thalassemia. The authors report a case of cauda equina compression in such a patient successfully treated with repeated blood transfusions.
Mancuso
P
P
Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy.
Zingale
A
A
Basile
L
L
Chiaramonte
I
I
Tropea
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002420:Cauda Equina; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy