Hemothorax due to extramedullary erythropoietic masses.

Tassiopoulos, Stergios; Konstantopoulos, Kostas; Rombos, Yannis; Aessopos, Athanassios · Ann Thorac Surg · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a 27-year-old male patient suffering from beta-thalassemia intermedia who presented with a nontraumatic spontaneous hemothorax due to extramedullary hemopoietic foci. In reviewing the literature, four similar reports were found. The details of this unusual entity are discussed.

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