Open AccessPolymyositis and aplastic anemia a report of a case
Author(s) -
Healey L. A.,
Pearson Carl M.,
Engleman Ephraim P.,
Engleman Ephraim P.,
Gardner Frank H.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
arthritis & rheumatism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1529-0131
pISSN - 0004-3591
DOI - 10.1002/art.1780070310
Subject(s) - aplastic anemia , medicine , polymyositis , pancytopenia , occult , malignancy , autopsy , anemia , dermatology , pathology , bone marrow , alternative medicine
The appearance of aplastic anemia in a seventy‐one year old man with polymyositis is described. The pancytopenia was unrelated to drugs and was fatal. Autopsy confirmed both diagnoses and disclosed no occult neoplasm. Although its association with visceral malignancy is well known, the occurence of polymyositis and aplastic anemia in the same patient has been reported but once before.