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Decreased Volume of Bone Marrow Adipocytes With Sparse Gelatinous Marrow Transformation in a Patient With Pancytopenia With Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report.

Masaya Mashimoto, Fumihiro Higuchi, Sakie Okazaki, Yoshinobu Hoshii, Shin Nakagawa

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Masaya MashimotoDivision of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, JPN.
Fumihiro HiguchiDivision of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, JPN.
Sakie OkazakiDepartment of Pediatrics, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, JPN.
Yoshinobu HoshiiDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Ube, JPN.
Shin NakagawaDivision of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, JPN.

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Abstract

Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) often have complications of hematologic abnormalities and pancytopenia, which can be fatal. In patients with AN, the rates of anemia, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia have been reported as 16.7-39%, 7.9-39%, and 5-11%, respectively; in patients with severe AN, the rates of anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and pancytopenia have been reported as 47-83%, 49.5-79%, 16.8-25%, and 16.4-23%, respectively. Hematologic abnormalities are often associated with morphological myeloid transformations such as hypoplasia, aplasia, and gelatinous marrow transformation (GMT). Hypocellularity, such as hypoplastic or aplastic, often results in a dry tap, whereas GMT does not usually result in this because of the aspiration of gelatinous material. Therefore, bone marrow aspiration in patients with pancytopenia with AN usually does not show a dry tap. The bone marrow adipocyte (BMA) volume increases in patients with AN, except in those with severe malnutrition. Patients with AN experiencing pancytopenia often exhibit GMT associated with atrophy of the originally increased volume of BMAs. Herein, we report the case of a patient with pancytopenia with AN who exhibited a dry tap on bone marrow aspiration. A bone marrow biopsy revealed sparse GMT with decreased BMA volume and areas of hematopoietic cells, adipocytes, and no GMT. A 13-year-old Japanese girl weighing 25.8 kg (BMI: 10.0 kg/m

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anorexia nervosabone marrow adipocytedry tapgelatinous marrow transformationpancytopenia

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