Abstract

Doc number: 120

Abstract: The authors report a case of extramedullary haematopoiesis (EMH) presenting as an intrathoracic tumour in a patient with alpha-thalassaemia. CT scan and MRI of the chest were obtained and followed by tumour excision. Compared to beta-thalassaemia, only two cases of EMH in patients with alpha-thalassaemia have been described in the literature. A possible reason for this disparity is discussed.

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Title
Extramedullary haematopoiesis presented as intrathoracic tumour in a patient with alpha-thalassaemia
Author
Bobylev, Dmitry; Zhang, Ruoyu; Haverich, Axel; Krueger, Marcus
Pages
120
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1749-8090
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1353195632
Copyright
© 2013 Bobylev et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.