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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Compressive myelopathy – An unusual presentation of extramedullary hematopoiesis in a known patient of thalassemia major
Rajesh Nair1, Debish Anand1, Girish Menon1, KV Kiran Acharya2, B Ananthakrishna Shastri3
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Orthopedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
3 Department of General Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rajesh Nair
Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - 576 104, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/amhs.amhs_97_20
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Thalassemia presenting with compressive myelopathy secondary to extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is rare. We report the rare case of spinal EMH with dorsal cord compression and myelopathy in a 28-year-old male with inadequately transfused beta thalassemia major who presented with paraparesis and acute sphincter disturbance.
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