title: Cauda equina compression syndrome in a patient affected by thalassemia intermedia: complete regression with blood transfusion therapy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zingale
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chiaramonte
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tropea
mesh_terms: 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