Very Severe Aplastic Anemia appearing after Thymectomy
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
; : 61-63, 2003.
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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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Assunto principal:
Timectomia
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Timoma
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Biópsia por Agulha
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Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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Medula Óssea
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Seguimentos
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Fator Estimulador de Colônias de Granulócitos
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Resultado do Tratamento
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Ciclosporina
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Medição de Risco
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2003
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Article