All issues > Volume 32(5); 1989

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1989;32(5):724-729. Published online May 31, 1989.

A Case of Congenital Hypoplastic Anemia.

Jae Wook Lee¹, Soon Ok Kang¹, Jee Sung Kim¹, Im Ju Kang¹, Seh Yoon Jeong²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea
²Department of Clinical Pathology , Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea

Received: October 20, 1988;  Accepted: November 24, 1988.

Abstract

We observed a case of congenital hypoplastic anemia in a 6 months old female patient who was admitted because of severe anemia & failure to thrive and diagnosed through bone marrow aspiration. This patient had reticulocytopenia & increased M:E ratio (57.5:1). His hematologic improvement was followed by administration of prednisone. A brief review of related literature was made.

Keywords :Congenital hypoplastic anemia, reticulocytopenia.