Inside Out: Bone Marrow Necrosis and Fat Embolism Complicating Sickle-β+ Thalassemia

Am J Med. 2016 Dec;129(12):e321-e324. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.05.027. Epub 2016 Jun 11.

Authors

Jori May¹, Joseph C Sullivan², Daniel LaVie³, Katherine LaVie³, Marisa B Marques⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Electronic address: jemay@uabmc.edu.
² Department of Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
³ Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
⁴ Department of Pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

PMID: 27296331
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.05.027

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis*
Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy
Bone Marrow Diseases / complications*
Bone Marrow Diseases / pathology*
Bone Marrow Diseases / therapy
Embolism, Fat / complications*
Embolism, Fat / diagnostic imaging
Embolism, Fat / pathology
Embolism, Fat / therapy
Emergency Service, Hospital
Erythrocyte Transfusion / methods
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Middle Aged
Necrosis / complications
Necrosis / diagnosis
Prognosis
Rare Diseases
Risk Assessment
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome
beta-Thalassemia / complications*
beta-Thalassemia / pathology
beta-Thalassemia / therapy