Research Article
Erythropoiesis and Iron Homeostasis in Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients with Extramedullary Hematopoiesis
Table 4
Distribution and percentage of extra-medullary hematopoietic tissue.
| Location | N | percentage |
| Parathoracic region | 10 | 38.46% | Rib+thoracic+lumbar region | 3 | 11.54% | Thoracic+rib | 2 | 7.69% | Thoracolumbar region | 2 | 7.69% | Rib | 2 | 7.69% | Thoracic spinal canal+ lumbar and sacral canal | 2 | 7.69% | Paramediastinum | 1 | 3.85% | Rib+Thoracic spinal canal+thoracolumbar+sternum | 1 | 3.85% | Rib+parathoracolumbar+lesser omentum + postcava+portal vein + left renal vein | 1 | 3.85% | Cerebral falx+parathoracic+anterior sacral | 1 | 3.85% | Parathoracic+mediastinum | 1 | 3.85% |
|
|