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Successful treatment of thymoma‐associated pure red cell aplasia with intravenous immunoglobulins
Author(s) -
Larroche Claire,
Mouthon Luc,
Casadevall Nicole,
Le Roux Geneviève,
Casassus Philippe,
Guillevin Loïc
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0902-4441
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2000.9c212.x
Subject(s) - thymoma , pure red cell aplasia , medicine , thymectomy , intravenous immunoglobulins , antibody , myasthenia gravis , gastroenterology , surgery , immunology , anemia
Repeated cycles of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) have been reported to be successful in a few patients with idiopathic pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) or associated with another pathology. The efficacy of this treatment for PRCA with thymoma has not been reported previously. We describe here the case of a 75‐yr‐old man who presented with PRCA associated with a benign thymoma. After failure of thymectomy, corticosteroids and octreotide, a complete durable remission was obtained after a single 5‐d cycle of IVIG.