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16633932

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
We describe a 49-year-old woman who presented in 2002 with pure red cell aplasia (PRCA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) that developed following a thymectomy. She underwent a thymectomy at 40 years of age to treat myasthenia gravis. PRCA developed 3 years after the thymectomy and she was successfully treated with cyclosporin. Systemic lupus erythematosus and IPH were diagnosed 6 years later. We conclude that immunological dysfunction resulting from the thymectomy contributed significantly to the subsequent development of PRCA, SLE, and IPH in this patient. This is the first report to describe this extremely rare occurrence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1439-7595
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
109-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
A case of systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by pure red cell aplasia and idiopathic portal hypertension after thymectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine II, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1 Hikarigaoka, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan. haru-i@fmu.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports