Pure red cell aplasia and hypogammaglobulinemia in a patient with thymoma.
Both pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) and hypogammaglobulinemia are rarer conditions than myasthenia gravis (MG) in thymoma patients. Several articles have discussed the relation between PRCA and thymoma or hypogammaglobulinemia and thymoma, and their proper treatments. Instances of both PRCA and hypogammaglobulinemia in a thymoma patient are few and reported sporadically in the literature. We discuss a 46-year-old woman with thymoma and simultaneous PRCA and hypogammaglobulinemia who achieved complete remission from PRCA after perioperative steroid administration and extended thymectomy, and review the literature.
Lin
Chen-Sung
CS
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keelung Hospital, Department of Health Executive Yuan, Keelung, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yu
Yuan-Bin
YB
Hsu
Han-Shui
HS
Chou
Teh-Ying
TY
Hsu
Wen-Hu
WH
Huang
Biing-Shiun
BS
D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012010:Red-Cell Aplasia, Pure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*