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Case report of the extramedullary hematopoiesis presented as a hypervascular intracranial mass
Nazila Tayari, Mohamad Hossein Ahrar, Mohamad Saleh Jafarpishe
Department of Radiology, Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Nazila Tayari
Department of Radiology, Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/2277-9175.109719
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Thalassemia is a hematologic disorder that causes ineffective hematopoiesis and is related to severe anemia, iron overload, extramedullary hematopoiesis, and hepatomegaly. Hepatomegaly is related to significant extramedullary hematopoiesis. The other sites that are involved in extramedullary hematopoiesis are spleen, lymph nodes, paraspinal regions, kidney, pleura, and intestine, but intracranial involvement is a rare presentation. We discuss about a case with intracranial medullary hematopoiesis in a thalassemic patient. |
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