title: Pure red cell aplasia with malignant thymoma: a rarity.
abstract: Pure red cell aplasia sometimes accompanies thymoma. Herein we report a PRCA patient with malignant thymoma. Only two Indian cases of PRCA with malignant thymoma have been reported so far and six cases in the world literature, to the best of our knowledge. This paper describes a malignant thymoma in a 40 year old male who later on developed pure red cell aplasia 7 months after thymectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012.
authors.forename: Deepali
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vaiphei
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Dhaliwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012010:Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / Q000209:etiology*; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery