Candas Tunali

Palliative Radiotherapy for Spinal Extramedullary Hematopoiesis in Thalassemia Major

Feryal Karaca, Cigdem Usul Afsar, Fatma Sert, SebnemIzmir Guner, Vehbi Ercolak, Erkut Erkurt & Candas Tunali · International Blood Research & Reviews · 2015

Introduction: Non-hepatosplenic Extramedullary Hematopoiesis (NHEMH) is seen as a compensation mechanism in the patients with hematologic dysfunction. Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive hematologic disorder. The tissue involvement is seen very rarely in thalasemia major. Case:...