Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma-associated pure red cell aplasia with abdominal pain.
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is a unique type of peripheral T-cell lymphoma with a constellation of clinical symptoms and signs, including weight loss, fever, chills, anemia, skin rash, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, thrombocytopenia and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia. The histological features of AITL are also distinctive. Pure red cell aplasia is a bone marrow failure characterized by progressive normocytic anemia and reticulocytopenia without leucopenia or thrombocytopenia. However, AITL with abdominal pain and pure red cell aplasia has rarely been reported. Here, we report a rare case of AITL-associated pure red cell aplasia with abdominal pain. The diagnosis was verified by a biopsy of the enlarged abdominal lymph nodes with immunohistochemical staining.
Jin Tao, Feng-Ping Zheng, Hong Tian, Ying Lin, Jian-Zhong Li, Xiao-Liang Chen, Bin Wu, Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China.
Jin
J
Tao
Feng-Ping
FP
Zheng
Hong
H
Tian
Ying
Y
Lin
Jian-Zhong
JZ
Li
Xiao-Liang
XL
Chen
Jian-Ning
JN
Chen
Chun-Kui
CK
Shao
Bin
B
Wu
Abdominal pain; Anemia; Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma; Pure red cell aplasia