Compressive Dorsal Myelopathy Secondary to Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in a Thalassemic Patient

<div>MRI of the dorsal spine: (a) sagittal T2-weighted, (b) axial T1-weighted images with contrast showing posterior epidural multilobulated extramedullary hematopoietic mass from T2 to T9 (arrows) with the largest at T5 causing the most prominent cord compression and showing no contrast enhancement.</div>

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Figure 1: Compressive Dorsal Myelopathy Secondary to Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in a Thalassemic Patient 