BONE-MARROW HYPOPLASIA IN ANOREXIA-NERVOSA - A CASE-REPORT

If hematological abnormalities appear to be a common feature of severe anorexia nervosa, on the other hand bone marrow hypoplasia seems to b e comparatively rare. We recently encountered a patient with anorexia nervosa who demonstrated a hypoplastic bone marrow associated with gel atinous transformation. These abnormalities were rapidly reversible wi th intensive nutritional rehabilitation. Bone marrow hypoplasia and ge latinous transformation are discussed in relation to current concepts of the role of nutrition in hematopoiesis in humans. (C) 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.