Myelodysplasia presenting as thoracic spinal epidural extramedullary hematopoiesis: a rare treatable cause of spinal cord myelopathy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathological findings of a 61-year-old patient with an otherwise asymptomatic myelodysplastic syndrome presenting with progressive paraparesis from epidural thoracic spinal extramedullary hematopoiesis. Surgical spinal cord decompression resulted in complete clinical remission.
Medical subject headings
- Neural Tube Defects
- Spinal Cord Compression
- Thoracic Vertebrae
Anatomy
- thoracic spine