Spontaneous Remission in a Teenage Girl with Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia
10.15264/cpho.2015.22.2.142
- Author:
Sung Eun KWON
1
;
Hye Won KWON
;
Dong Hyun KIM
;
Yeonsook MOON
;
Young Jin HONG
;
Soon Ki KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. pedkim@inha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acquired pure red cell aplasia;
Adolescent;
Mycoplasma infection;
Spontaneous remission
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Anemia;
Bone Marrow;
Connective Tissue Diseases;
Diagnosis;
Dizziness;
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions;
Female;
Fever;
Humans;
Korea;
Lymphoma;
Mycoplasma Infections;
Mycoplasma pneumoniae;
Pallor;
Pneumonia, Mycoplasma;
Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure;
Remission, Spontaneous;
Thymoma
- From:Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
2015;22(2):142-145
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Acquired pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) can be induced by various factors such as viral infection, thymoma, connective tissue disease, lymphoma, and adverse drug reactions. PRCA has not been reported in an adolescent in Korea for the past several decades. We recently experienced a case of acquired PRCA in an adolescent. A 14-year-old girl presented with pallor, dizziness, and mild fever. She had isolated normocytic normochromic anemia with reticulocytopenia in the peripheral blood and erythroblastopenia in the bone marrow. She was diagnosed with secondary acquired PRCA presumably induced by Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection during her clinical course, and she experienced spontaneous remission 11 weeks after initial diagnosis. Her clinical and hematologic statuses were normal as far as 20 months after her diagnosis.
