Spinal cord compression in homozygous beta thalassaemia
Prabhakar, S.; Chopra, J.S.; Khosla, V.K.; Dash, S.; Banerjee, A.K.
Surgical Neurology 13(5): 351-354
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0090-3019 PMID: 7385000 Document Number: 164025
Spinal cord compression due to extramedullary haemopoietic tissue in a case of beta thalassaemia and G6 PD deficiency is described. Surgical decompression alone had no beneficial effect. However, the addition of radiotherapy proved very useful.
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