[Reversible bone marrow hypoplasia in a case of male anorexia nervosa].
The authors report the case of a 17 year old boy with anorexia nervosa and bone marrow hypoplasia. After a 14 kg weight loss, the patient had pancytopenia, morphological abnormalities of the red cells (acanthocytes, schizocytes), without hemolysis, and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Bone marrow biopsy showed a marked reduction of hematopoietic cells with striking diffuse interstitial oedema. Clinical recovery, during the next 6 months, was associated with a return of the haematological changes to normal and to a disappearance of hypogonadism. Anorexia nervosa is a rare entity in boys. In all probability, bone marrow hypoplasia is not a well known feature of this disorder. The haematological changes are reversible with improvement of nutritional status.
D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Hypoplasie médullaire réversible au cours d'une anorexie mentale masculine.