Myelodysplasia presenting as thoracic spinal epidural extramedullary hematopoiesis: a rare treatable cause of spinal cord myelopathy

Lucia Monti; Daniele Giuseppe Romano; Alessandro Gozzetti; Giovanni Di Pietro; Clelia Miracco; Alfonso Cerase

doi:10.1007/s00256-011-1268-2

Myelodysplasia presenting as thoracic spinal epidural extramedullary hematopoiesis: a rare treatable cause of spinal cord myelopathy

Skeletal Radiol. 2012 May;41(5):611-4. doi: 10.1007/s00256-011-1268-2. Epub 2011 Sep 13.

Authors

Lucia Monti¹, Daniele Giuseppe Romano, Alessandro Gozzetti, Giovanni Di Pietro, Clelia Miracco, Alfonso Cerase

Affiliation

¹ Unit NINT Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Department of Neurological and Sensorial Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte, Viale Mario Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy.

PMID: 21912883
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1268-2

Abstract

We present clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathological findings of a 61-year-old patient with an otherwise asymptomatic myelodysplastic syndrome presenting with progressive paraparesis from epidural thoracic spinal extramedullary hematopoiesis. Surgical spinal cord decompression resulted in complete clinical remission.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Epidural Space / diagnostic imaging
Epidural Space / pathology
Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary
Humans
Hyperplasia / complications
Hyperplasia / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / complications
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / pathology
Neural Tube Defects / complications*
Neural Tube Defects / pathology*
Rare Diseases
Spinal Cord Compression / diagnosis*
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology*
Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed