title: Myelodysplasia presenting as thoracic spinal epidural extramedullary hematopoiesis: a rare treatable cause of spinal cord myelopathy.
abstract: We present clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathological findings of a 61-year-old patient with an otherwise asymptomatic myelodysplastic syndrome presenting with progressive paraparesis from epidural thoracic spinal extramedullary hematopoiesis. Surgical spinal cord decompression resulted in complete clinical remission.
authors.affiliation: Unit NINT Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Department of Neurological and Sensorial Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte, Viale Mario Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: Daniele Giuseppe
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gozzetti
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: Clelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miracco
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerase
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006411:Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed