Presacral extramedullary hematopoiesis in thalassemia intermedia

Can Assoc Radiol J. 1991 Aug;42(4):278-82.

Abstract

Extramedullary hematopoiesis is manifested by several clinical hematologic disorders including beta-thalassemia major and thalassemia intermedia. We report an unusual case of extramedullary hematopoiesis, which presented as a painful presacral mass in a patient with beta-thalassemia intermedia. The diagnosis was confirmed by a needle biopsy guided by computed tomography. The patient responded well to radiation therapy to the sacral region.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle / methods
  • Female
  • Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging
  • Spine / physiology
  • Thalassemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Thalassemia / pathology
  • Thalassemia / physiopathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed