NONSURGICAL APPROACH TO PARAPARESIS DUE TO EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS - REPORT OF 2 CASES

被引:42
作者
PARSA, K [1 ]
OREIZY, A [1 ]
机构
[1] IRAN UNIV MED SCI,FIROOZGAR MED CTR,DEPT HEMATOL,TEHRAN,IRAN
关键词
EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; PARAPLEGIA; PARAPARESIS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; RADIATION THERAPY; THALASSEMIA;
D O I
10.3171/jns.1995.82.4.0657
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Two cases of spinal cord compression due to extradural extramedullary hematopoiesis are reported and the nonsurgical means used for their diagnosis and treatment are presented. One patient was treated with blood transfusions and radiation therapy, the other with blood transfusions alone. Both patients have made almost complete clinical recoveries from spinal cord compression. A mechanism is proposed to explain how blood transfusions can serve as an important diagnostic, as well as a therapeutic, tool in the management of this entity.
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