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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
To the best of our knowledge this is the reported first case of the successive occurrence in the same patient of chronic active hepatitis and acquired pure red cell aplasia, both probably of autoimmune origin. The diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis was based on the presence of characteristic lesions at the examination of the liver biopsy specimen, high titer of anti-smooth muscle antibodies in the serum, and remission obtained by steroid therapy. Erythroid aplasia, which appeared during the course of this treatment, was revealed by a regenerative anemia (4.4 g Hb/100 ml) and proved by bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. In vitro bone marrow culture was normal, suggesting the in vivo presence of an inhibitor of erythroblastic differentiation. Red cell aplasia was cured by cyclophosphamide (100 mg/day during 56 days). No recurrence was noted until the death of the patient, which occurred one year later, due to hepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Action of cyclophosphamide on the pure red cell aplasia suggested the immune origin of this disease. The liver and the bone marrow erythroid lineage have probably been the successive targets of immunologic dyscrasia.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0399-8320
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
841-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
[Association of autoimmune chronic active hepatitis and acquired erythroblastopenia cured by cyclophosphamide].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports