title: Concomitant thymectomy and cardiac operation in a patient with pure red cell aplasia.
abstract: Pure red cell aplasia is a rare condition resulting in severe anemia. Medical therapy is indicated, unless a thymoma is present. In patients with concurrent cardiac pathology requiring operation, simultaneous operation should be contemplated to avoid risky resternotomy. We describe an exceptionally rare case of a patient with pure red cell aplasia secondary to a thymoma who underwent concomitant thymectomy and coronary artery grafting with a successful surgical outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England. mpoullis@rpms.ac.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poullis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Punjabi
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D012010:Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation