J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1980 Aug;23(8):670-673.

A case of Aplastic Anemia following Hepatitis

• Chung YE
• Sung IK
• Chun CS
• Oh CK
• Yang MK

Abstract

Aplastic anemia following hepatitis is uncommon disease and it has a poor prognosis. Recently authors expirienced a case of aplastic anemia following hepatitis in 13-year-old boy. He was admitted due to jaundice and ecchymosis for 1 month. During admission, pancytopenia developed and there was marked hypocellularity of all elements in bone marrow examination. His clinical course was not improved in spite of multiple transfusion and therapy with corticosteroid. A brief review related literatures are also presented.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Anemia, Aplastic*
Bone Marrow Examination
Ecchymosis
Hepatitis*
Humans
Jaundice
Male
Pancytopenia
Prognosis