PANCYTOPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH THYMOMA RESOLVING AFTER THYMECTOMY AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY

Authors
DEGIACOMO T RENDINA EA VENUTA F FLAISHMAN I RICCI C
Citation
T. Degiacomo et al., PANCYTOPENIA ASSOCIATED WITH THYMOMA RESOLVING AFTER THYMECTOMY AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY, Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 29(3), 1995, pp. 149-151
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365580
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
149 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5580(1995)29:3<149:PAWTRA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
In a 43-year-old woman, pancytopenia accompanying thymoma persisted af ter thymectomy, requiring weekly blood transfusions, and did not respo nd to prednisone 50 mg/day. Cyclosporine 10 mg/kg/day plus prednisone 20 mg/day for a month gradually corrected the blood parameters. Thirty months later the patient is well and haematologically stable.