TY - JOUR T1 - MR of thoracic cord compression caused by epidural extramedullary hematopoiesis in myelodysplastic syndrome. JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 363 LP - 366 VL - 18 IS - 2 AU - D A Dibbern, Jr AU - L A Loevner AU - A P Lieberman AU - K E Salhany AU - A Freese AU - P J Marcotte Y1 - 1997/02/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/18/2/363.abstract N2 - Spinal cord compression caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis is a rare complication of chronic anemic states, most frequently occurring in patients with beta-thalassemia. We report the MR appearance of extramedullary hematopoiesis resulting in cord compression in a patient with a myelodysplastic syndrome, which was isointense with the spinal cord on T1-weighted images and markedly hypointense on fast spin-echo T2-weighted images, and that demonstrated enhancement. ER -