Thalassaemia intermedia presenting with compressive myelopathy: a case report.
Extramedullary haematopoiesis leading to spinal cord compression is a rare complication of thalassaemia. An interesting case has been reported where a diagnosis of thalassaemia intermedia was made at the age of 35 years in a male patient with no history of blood transfusion, who presented with compressive myelopathy caused by extramedullary haematopoietic tissue in epidural space. The patient recovered after surgical decompression.
Bhaskar
B
Bhattacharyya
Soumitra Kumar
SK
Ghosh
Tapan
T
Dhibar
Amitabha
A
Chattopadhyay
Samarendra Nath
SN
Ghosh
Ashok Kumar
AK
Bhadra
Prabhat Kumar
PK
Ghorai
D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy