MR of thoracic cord compression caused by epidural extramedullary hematopoiesis in myelodysplastic syndrome.
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Spinal cord compression caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis is a rare complication of chronic anemic states, most frequently occurring in patients with beta-thalassemia. We report the MR appearance of extramedullary hematopoiesis resulting in cord compression in a patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome, which was isointense with the spinal cord on T1-weighted images and markedly hypointense on fast spin-echo T2-weighted images, and that demonstrated enhancement.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 18 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997