Τίτλος:
CASE-REPORT - MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING OF SPINAL-CORD COMPRESSION IN
THALASSEMIA BEFORE AND AFTER RADIATION TREATMENT
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Thalassaemia is a genetic disorder of haemoglobin synthesis,
characterized by anaemia and haemosidirosis [1]. A complication of
this disease is extramedullary haemopoiesis in the spinal extradural
space, causing compression of the spinal cord. The rapid onset of
neurological deficit prompts immediate neuroradiological investigation
and early treatment [2]. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings
in such lesions have been described previously by some of the present
authors [3]. A further case is presented to illustrate the value of
spinal MRI before and after radiation treatment of extramedullary
haemopoiesis.
Συγγραφείς:
GOULIAMOS, AD
PLATANIOTIS, GA
MICHALOPOULOS, ES
VLAHOS, LJ
and PAPAVASILIOU, CG
Περιοδικό:
Clinical Radiology
Εκδότης:
Blackwell Science Ltd Oxford, UK
DOI:
10.1016/S0009-9260(05)83173-3
