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Pure red cell aplasia associated with true thymic hyperplasia
K Konstantopoulos1, A Androulaki, A Aessopos
1University of Athens School of Medicine, First Department of Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Greece.
Human Pathology
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
Pure red cell aplasia was diagnosed in a 35-year-old otherwise healthy woman. Chest computed tomography (CT)-imaging investigation, detected an upper mediastinal mass corresponding to the thymus gland. A thoracotomy was performed and an enlarged thymus mass was removed, rapidly followed by a full hematologic recovery. Thymic histology confirmed a significant degree of hyperplasia. We conclude that not only thymomas but also other types of thymic pathology may be associated with this type of hematologic dyscrasia.