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Case Reports
. 2019 Apr 5;132(7):853-855.
doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000000081.

Epidural chloroma and spinal cord compression

Hyun Jung Koh  1 , Jungwon Baek, Min Soo Lee, Hue Jung Park
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Case Reports

Epidural chloroma and spinal cord compression

Hyun Jung Koh et al. Chin Med J (Engl). .
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A 68-year-old chronic myeloid leukemic male with epidural chloroma and spinal cord compression. (A) The thoracolumbar computer tomography: C6–T12 (a) and T10–S2 (b), sagittal plane. (B) The transforaminal steroid injection (images with contrast): left anteroposterior (a), left lateral (b), right anteroposterior (c), and right lateral (d) views at L4–5 level; and left anteroposterior (e), right anteroposterior (f), and right lateral (g) views at L5–S1 level. (C) The thoracolumbar magnetic resonance imaging: sagittal plane at T2–L1 (a) and axial plane at T12 level (b).
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