[Thymoma with Pure Red Cell Aplasia;Report of a Case].

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[Thymoma with Pure Red Cell Aplasia;Report of a Case].

Kyobu Geka. 2017 Sep;70(10):883-886

Authors: Hayakawa M, Oda K

Abstract
A thymoma with pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is relatively rare. A 71-year-old woman complainted of dizziness and her blood cell count showed a severe anemia. She was diagnosed as PRCA by bone marrow aspiration biopsy, which showed marked decrease in number of erythroblasts. In addition, the chest computed tomography revealed a solid tumor in the anterior mediastinum. She underwent extended thymothymectomy through median sternotomy. The resected specimen was 10.5×9.7 cm in diameter. The pathological diagnosis was type AB thymoma of the World Health Organization classification, and Masaoka stage I. Ciclosporin was started to treat PRCA 3 months after the surgery, and she has been well for about 1 year after surgery without recurrence of thymoma or relapse of anemia.

PMID: 28894066 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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