Monoclonal gammopathy-associated pure red cell aplasia

Pure red cell aplasia and associated thymoma

Pure red cell aplasia is a rare cause of anemia, caused by an absence of red blood cell precursors in the bone marrow. It is usually a paraneoplastic syndrome, associated most commonly with large-cell granular lymphocyte leukemia but also thymoma. For patients who present both pure red cell aplasia and thymoma, thymectomy leads to an initial remission of the aplasia in 30% of cases. However, su...

Acquired pure red cell aplasia.

Correspondence MEDICALTJOSRNAL 559 Acquired Pure Red Cell Aplasia SIR,-May we make the following observation about your article on acquired pure red cell aplasia and its treatment with steroids (6 April, p. 3) ? A pure red cell aplasia that responded to riboflavine or prednisone has been described in African adults and in children with marasmus and kwashiorkor.' In marasmus and kwashiorkor an e...

[Pure red cell aplasia associated with renal cell carcinoma].

Pure Red Cell Aplasia Associated with Good Syndrome

Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) and hypogammaglobulinemia are paraneoplastic syndromes that are rarer than myasthenia gravis in patients with thymoma. Good syndrome coexisting with PRCA is an extremely rare pathology. We report the case of a 50-year-old man with thymoma and PRCA associated with Good syndrome who achieved complete PRCA remission after thymectomy and postoperative immunosuppressive ...

Bronchocentric granulomatosis associated with pure red cell aplasia and lymphadenopathy.

Bronchocentric granulomatosis developed in a patient with previously diagnosed pure red cell aplasia and lymphadenopathy. There was an excellent response to corticosteroid treatment. An immunological pathogenesis common to bronchocentric granulomatosis and pure red cell aplasia is suggested.