Clinical Case Reports (May 2021)

Low back pain in beta thalassemia major revealing sacral extramedullay hematopoeisis: A case report

  • Rita W. Ahmad,
  • Lina A. Okar,
  • Abdelhaleem Elhiday,
  • Hussam Almasri,
  • Fateen Ata,
  • Elsayed Ahmed Mounir,
  • Ali Barah,
  • Mohamed Abdelrazek,
  • Amna Gamil,
  • Mouhammad Z. Sharaf Eldean,
  • Mohamed A. Yassin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4258
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 5
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is a well‐known complication of beta thalassemia major and frequently occurs in typical sites such as liver or spleen. However, when presenting in unusual sites as sacrum, other diagnosis should be excluded by histopathology prior to deciding on treatment plan.

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