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8204493

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
Symptomatic spinal cord compression caused by an epidural mass of extramedullary hematopoietic tissue in patients with beta-thalassemia is a rare occurrence, that becomes exceptional in childhood and adolescence. The literature is not uniform about the optimal treatment of these patients and different modes of therapy have been proposed so far, including surgical excision or decompressing laminectomy followed by local irradiation and/or hypertransfusional regimens. We report the successful treatment of such a complication in an adolescent with homozygous beta-thalassemia by surgery followed by repeated blood transfusions aimed at maintaining hematocrit at normal levels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1016-2291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
186-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Spinal cord compression in homozygous beta-thalassemia intermedia.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Messina Medical School, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports