Aplastic Anemia, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria, and Pure Red Cell Aplasia

2009 ◽  
pp. 189-196
Author(s):  
Shivani Srivastava ◽  
Richard W. Childs
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Berliner ◽  
John M Gansner

This review focuses on anemia resulting from production defects generally associated with marrow aplasia or replacement. The definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, management, complications, and prognosis of the following production defects are discussed: Acquired aplastic anemia and acquired pure red cell aplasia. Figures depict a leukoerythroblastic blood smear, a biopsy comparing normal bone marrow and bone marrow showing almost complete aplasia, and a marrow smear. A table lists the causes of aplastic anemia. This review contains 3 figures; 1 table; 108 references.


1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal S. Young ◽  
Harvey G. Klein ◽  
Patricia Griffith ◽  
Arthur W. Nienhuis

2017 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-507
Author(s):  
Yunsuk Choi ◽  
Jae-Cheol Jo ◽  
Hee-jeong Jeon ◽  
Dong Wook Kim ◽  
Myung Hee Chang ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 104 (7) ◽  
pp. 1405-1413
Author(s):  
Makoto Hirokawa ◽  
Naohito Fujishima ◽  
Ayumi Omokawa ◽  
Shigeharu Ueki

Author(s):  
Thomas H. Tötterman ◽  
A. Killander ◽  
A. Kreuger ◽  
G. Gustafsson ◽  
J. Nisell ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Dahal ◽  
Eliza Sharma ◽  
Suyash Dahal ◽  
Binav Shrestha ◽  
Bikash Bhattarai

Association of thymoma with myasthenia gravis, pure red cell aplasia, and aplastic anemia is well documented. However, thymoma complicated by acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (AAMT) is rarely reported. Here, we present a case of a 60-year-old male with past medical history of recurrent invasive thymoma who presented with cough and blood in sputum. He was found to have severe normocytic normochromic anemia and thrombocytopenia that did not improve with intravenous steroids or multiple transfusions of red cells and platelets. Subsequent bone marrow biopsy showed severely depleted megakaryocytes and erythroid precursor cells with relative myeloid hyperplasia suggestive of amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia and red cell aplasia. He was started on oral cyclosporine but subsequently developed leukopenia and refused any further treatment or diagnostic procedures and left the hospital against medical advice. AAMT, thus, may be a very early presentation of impending aplastic anemia, and treating physicians need to be aware of this entity.


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