title: Pure red cell aplasia in systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
abstract: Common causes of anemia in juvenile idiopathic arthritis are anemia of chronic disease and iron deficiency. We report a 4 year old boy with biopsy proven systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis and severe anemia. Bone marrow aspiration revealed pure red cell aplasia without evidence of hemophagocytosis. This rare, unexplained but well known entity responded to corticosteroids.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala India.
authors: Priya
authors: P
authors: Sreenivasan
authors: N S
authors: NS
authors: Mani
keywords: Pure red cell aplasia; Systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis