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Scintigraphic diagnosis of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis in a patient with β-thalassemia

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We report the scintigraphic diagnosis of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) in a patient with β-thalassemia. A patient had a mass in the right thoracic paravertebral region on radiography and CT. Bone marrow imaging of the thorax by means of both Tc-99m nanocolloid and phytate demonstrated uptake of the tracer in the mediastinal mass, establishing the diagnosis of EMH.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, 07070, Arapsuyu, Antalya, Turkey

    Aysun Özdemir, Firat Güngör, Fatma Tunçdemir & Binnur Karayalçin

  2. Department of Radiology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

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Özdemir, A., Güngör, F., Tunçdemir, F. et al. Scintigraphic diagnosis of intrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis in a patient with β-thalassemia. Ann Nucl Med 12, 149–151 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164780

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