Intrathoracic extramedullary haematopoiesis

A woman from the Middle East, in her fifth decade, known to have beta thalassemia while undergoing routine medical assessment was incidentally detected to have a mass lesion in the right lower zone on chest radiograph (figure 1). On clinical assessment she was found to have hepatosplenomegaly. Respiratory system examination was unremarkable. A CT was done, which revealed the presence of well-defined lobulated soft tissue attenuation masses in …