Extramedullary hematopoiesis causing paraparesis in congenital cyanotic heart disease
Extramedullary hematopoiesis causing paraparesis in congenital cyanotic heart disease
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先天性紫绀型心脏病髓外造血导致截瘫
DOI:
10.1212/wnl.51.2.636
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发表时间:
1998
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
M. Hlavin
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作者:
C. Taylor;Frederick A. Maynard;J. Liebman;M. Hlavin
Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EH) is a compensatory mechanism for tissue hypoxia, usually due to chronic anemia, and typically occurs in the spleen, lymph nodes, or liver. Paraparesis from EH in the spinal canal is uncommon, although recognized, with over 80 cases reported, most frequently in patients with β-thalassemia or myelofibrosis. Other predisposing conditions include polycythemia, Paget's disease, hemosiderosis, leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, or other anemic states (e.g., sideroblastic, sickle cell, hemolytic, pyruvate kinase deficiency). The cerebral parenchyma, meninges, and skull diploe are rare sites. Spinal involvement by EH due to cyanotic heart disease has been reported once previously.1 Presented here is a patient with congenital heart disease and spinal cord compression by EH who recovered function with aggressive treatment.
Case report. This 26-year-old man was born with a hypoplastic right ventricle and tricuspid atresia. A childhood stroke produced mental retardation and right hemiparesis. Before age 22 years, he could run with minimal right …