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ArticleCase reports in hematology2020

Pure Red Cell Aplasia with Del(20q) Sensitive for Immunosuppressive Treatment.

Anh Khoi Vo, Hilde Kollsete Gjelberg, Randi Hovland, Marte Karen Lindstad Brattås, Øystein Bruserud, Håkon Reikvam

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Article in Case reports in hematology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anh Khoi VoSection Hematology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Hilde Kollsete GjelbergDepartment of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Randi HovlandDepartment of Medical Genetics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Marte Karen Lindstad BrattåsDepartment of Medicine, Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Øystein BruserudSection Hematology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7892-4367
Håkon ReikvamSection Hematology, Department of Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5439-8411
Haukeland University Hospital · NOHaraldsplass Diakonale Sykehus · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) is a rare syndrome that only affects the erythroid lineage. It is defined by a normocytic, normochromic anemia with a marked reticulocytopenia and severe reduction or absence of erythroid precursors in the bone marrow. Treatment of primary, idiopathic PRCA is immunosuppressive therapy. Although it is rare, isolated cytogenetic abnormalities can be seen in PRCA, and abnormal karyotype is associated with poor response to immunosuppressive therapy and poor prognosis. We describe a 77-year-old male with primary, idiopathic PRCA and a deletion of chromosome 20q, del(20q), in the bone marrow cells. He was successfully treated with immunosuppressive therapy and became transfusion-independent. The same cytogenetic abnormality has also been described in a few other reports; taken together, these observations suggest that del(20q) may represent a recurrent cytogenetic abnormality in PRCA. Our case report clearly illustrates that even patients with primary PRCA and an abnormal karyotype can respond to immunosuppression and become transfusion-independent.

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