Korean J Hematol.  2002 Feb;37(1):70-75.

Two Cases of Crohn's Disease with Myelodysplastic Syndrome

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hemato@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Abstract

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are bone marrow stem cell disorders characterized by dysplastic hematopoiesis leading to peripheral pancytopenias, and by a high risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia. Several immunological disorders, particularly relapsing polychondritis, seronegative arthritis and cutaneous vasculitis have been described in association with MDS. Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by inflammatory, ulcerative bowel lesions and frequent association with systemic manifestations. Recently, some researchers have suggested that an association may exist between MDS and inflammatory bowel diseases, especially Crohn's disease, based on concomittant findings of both disorders in some reported patients. We report here two cases who developed MDS and Crohn's disease concurrently, and review previously reported literatures.

Keyword

Myelodysplastic syndrome; Crohn's disease

MeSH Terms

Arthritis
Bone Marrow
Crohn Disease*
Hematopoiesis
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Myelodysplastic Syndromes*
Pancytopenia
Polychondritis, Relapsing
Stem Cells
Ulcer
Vasculitis
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