Abstract
Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a rare hematologic disorder characterized by anemia, reticulocytopenia in the blood and isolated severe erythroblastopenia with no abnormalities of the granulopoiesis and mega- karyopoiesis in the bone marrow. Acquired PRCA has been reported in association with various auto- immune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease and Sjogren's syndrome. We report here on a case of PRCA associated with Hashimoto disease (without any other autoimmune disease) which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been pre- viously reported in Korean and English literatures. Our patient was treated with levothyroxine alone with- out other immunosuppressive agents and her hemoglobin concentration and hematocrit values returned
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