Compression of the cauda equina due to extramedullary hematopoiesis

Pagès, A.; Pagès, M.; Ramos, J.

Annales de Pathologie 8(1): 61-63

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0242-6498
PMID: 3395409
Document Number: 305667
A 48 year-old patient with a myelosclerosis was operated from a cauda equina compression which had been revealed by bilateral sciatica. The epidural space was filled with extra-medullary hematopoietic tissue. The mechanism of epidural hematopoiesis is discussed.

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