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MR of Thoracic Cord Compression Caused by Epidural Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in Myelodysplastic Syndrome AJNR 18:363-366, Dibbern,D.A.,et al, 1997 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Spinal cord compression caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis is a rare complication of chronic anemic states,most frequently occurring in patients with B-thalassemia.We report the MR appearance of extramedullary hematopoiesis resulting in cord compression in a patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome,which was isointense with the spinal cord on T1- weighted images and markedly hypointense on a fast spin-echo T2-weighted images,and that demonstrated enhancement.

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