PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - S Singhal
AU  - S Sharma
AU  - S Dixit
AU  - S De
AU  - S Chander
AU  - G K Rath
AU  - V S Mehta
TI  - The role of radiation therapy in the management of spinal cord compression due to extramedullary haematopoiesis in thalassaemia.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.55.4.310
DP  - 1992 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 310--312
VI  - 55
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/55/4/310.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/55/4/310.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1992 Apr 01; 55
AB  - Extramedullary haematopoiesis associated with thalassaemia leading to spinal cord compression is an extremely rare event in the course of the disease. The efficacy of radiation therapy is advocated in the management of such a complication. Two patients with thalassaemia, who had presented with spinal cord compression, were successfully treated by a modest dose of local radiotherapy. In one of the patients, however, radiotherapy was resorted to after an initial decompressive laminectomy and partial removal of the intraspinal haematopoietic mass proved unsuccessful. The other patient was managed solely by radiation therapy.