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AI InsightIn this case report, a 44 -year-old ma le patient is presented who was diagnosed withthalassemia intermedia based on the examinationsperformed and had temporal bone involvement onmagnetic resonance imaging.
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Abstract
Beta thalassemia is a hematological disease caused by gen emutations and represents an important public healthproblem in all Mediterranean countries, including Turkey.Thalassemia intermedia is an intermediate form betweenthalassemia major and thalassemia minor. Temporal boneinvolvement is quite rare in thala ssemia intermedia. Thereare no cases in the literature who presented with otalgiaand was subsequently diagnosed with thalassemiaintermedia. Our patient had suffered from left ear pain andhearing loss for 10 months. In this case report, a 44 -year-old ma le patient is presented who was diagnosed withthalassemia intermedia based on the examinationsperformed and had temporal bone involvement onmagnetic resonance imaging.
Özet
Beta talasemi gen mutasyonlarının sebep olduğuhematolojik bir hastalıktır ve Türkiyeyi de içeren tümAkdeniz ülkelerinde önemli bir halk sağlığı problemi teşkiletmektedir. Talasemi intermedia talasemi major vetalasemi minor arasındaki bir ara formdur. Temporalkemik tutulumu talasemi intermediada oldukça nadirdir.Literatürde otalji ile birlikte olan ve talasemi minor tanısıalan vaka bulunmamaktadır. Bizim hastamız 10 aydır solkulak ağrısı ve işitme kaybı çekmektedir. Bu vakada,yapılan tetkikler sonucunda talasemi intermedia tanısıalan ve manyetik rezonans görüntülemede temporalkemik tutulumu olan 44 yaşında bir erkek hastasunulmaktadır.