Very Severe Aplastic Anemia appearing after Thymectomy
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
;
: 61-63, 2003.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Aplastic anemia is a rare complication of thymoma and is extremely infrequent after thymectomy. We present a case of a 60-year-old woman with very severe aplastic anemia appearing sixteen months after thymectomy for a thymoma. She underwent thymectomy for a thymoma in April 2000. Preoperative examination revealed no hematologic abnormality. About sixteen months after the operation, she was readmitted because of pancytopenia with cough and fever. Bone marrow aspiration revealed a very severe hypoplasia in all the three cell lines with over 80% fatty tissue, and chest CT revealed no recurrence of thymoma. Her aplastic anemia had responded to cyclosporine A and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF).
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Main subject:
Thymectomy
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Thymoma
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Biopsy, Needle
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Severity of Illness Index
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Bone Marrow
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Follow-Up Studies
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Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Treatment Outcome
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Cyclosporine
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Risk Assessment
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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