• Indian J Pathol Microbiol · Oct 2006

    Case Reports

    Pure red cell aplasia with malignant thymoma: a rarity.

    • Deepali Jain, Neelam Varma, Kim Vaiphei, S Varma, and R S Dhaliwal.
    • Department of Hematology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012.
    • Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2006 Oct 1; 49 (4): 553-4.

    AbstractPure red cell aplasia sometimes accompanies thymoma. Herein we report a PRCA patient with malignant thymoma. Only two Indian cases of PRCA with malignant thymoma have been reported so far and six cases in the world literature, to the best of our knowledge. This paper describes a malignant thymoma in a 40 year old male who later on developed pure red cell aplasia 7 months after thymectomy.

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