Open AccessVery severe aplastic anemia in an 80‐year‐old man
Author(s) -
Kasinathan Ganesh,
Lee Bee Sun,
Sathar Jameela
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3757
Subject(s) - medicine , paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria , pancytopenia , aplastic anemia , hemoglobinuria , anemia , pediatrics , adverse effect , bone marrow
Abstract Although the patient with very severe aplastic anemia might be a fit elderly receiving standard therapy, there are factors which contribute to an adverse outcome such as severity of pancytopenia, absence of minor paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria clone and infective complications of therapy.