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Case Report

Disappearing Large Calcified Thoracic Disc Herniation in a Patient with Thalessemia

Faiz Uddin Ahmad , Faiz Uddin Ahmad , Erica Schallert , Jonathan Dante Nahas B.S. , Judith Post , Steven Vanni D.O.

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International Journal of Neurology and Neurosurgery 6(2):p 69-73, July - December 2014. | DOI:

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Regression of herniated disc fragments with subsequent improvement in clinical symptoms has been reported in the lumbar and cervical spine. Such regressions in the thoracic spine are extremely rare. We report a 38-year-old thalassemia patient who had regression of a large calcified herniated thoracic disc causing cord compression, with subsequent herniation of a second calcified disc at a different level, and discuss the possible etiopathogenesis. This is the first such case reported in the thalessemia population.

Keywords: Calcification; Iron chelation; Regression; Thalessemia; Thoracic disc herniation.
 

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