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Anesthetic management of a complex spine surgery in a thalassemia patient: a path less travelled!
2025-02-13
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Spinal extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) a rare complication of Hb E/β-thalassemia can result in compressive myelopathy, posing serious neurological risks, particularly in the thoracic spine. We present the case of a 32-year-old male with Hb E/β-thalassaemia who developed spastic paraplegia due to compressive myelopathy from thoracic epidural EMH refractory to radiotherapy. The patient...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 676727da-4588-583e-b99a-33d3ff58749e
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5683776/v1
