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Long‐term remission of pure red cell aplasia after plasma exchange and lymphocytapheresis
Author(s) -
Berlin Gosta,
Lieden Gudrun
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1986.tb02663.x
Subject(s) - aplasia , medicine , pure red cell aplasia , therapeutic plasma exchange , complete remission , spontaneous remission , gastroenterology , term (time) , surgery , pathology , chemotherapy , anemia , alternative medicine , physics , quantum mechanics
A 57‐year‐old man with idiopathic pure red cell aplasia went into remission after plasma exchange. He relapsed after 5 months and then failed to respond to treatment with intensive plasma exchange and immunosuppressive agents. Because of a high proportion of T‐suppressor cells in the peripheral blood he was treated with lymphocytapheresis in addition to the previous treatment. The patient achieved a long‐term haematological remission which has now persisted for more than 3 yr.