Pure red cell aplasia accompanied by COVID-19 successfully treated using cyclosporine |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan;2. Department of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan |
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Abstract: | A 67-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in March 2020. Mechanical ventilation was initiated 8 days after admission, due to severe respiratory failure. Multiple severe complications such as liver dysfunction, arrhythmia, brain infarction, and venous thromboembolism were also observed. We initially diagnosed Coombs test-positive warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Corticosteroids proved ineffective and anemia worsened with severe erythroid hypoplasia (0.5% erythroblasts in bone marrow), so we diagnosed pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). We also identified massive infiltration of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes expressing CD8, granzyme B, and perforin in bone marrow. Systemic cyclosporine was started, with full resolution of anemia and no need for blood transfusions after 4 weeks. We believe that this represents the first report of COVID-19-associated PRCA successfully treated using cyclosporine. |
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Keywords: | COVID-19 Pure red cell aplasia Cyclosporine |
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