All issues > Volume 26(8); 1983

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1983;26(8):812-815. Published online August 31, 1983.

A Case of Aplastic Anemia Following Hepatitis.

Woo Yeong Chung¹, Seung Won Park¹, In Soon Park¹, Chul Ho Kim¹, Soo Yong Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics，In Je Medical College，Paik Hospital, Pusan

Abstract

We experienced a case of aplastic anemia following hepatitis in a 11-year old male child. He was admitted because of pallor and gum bleedings with an episode of hepatitis 2 months prior to this admission. On admission CBC showed pancytopenia and there was marked hypocellularity of all hematopoietic elements in bone marrow aspiration. Transfusion and treatment with prednisolone and oxymetholone were tried but there was no improvement. He was expired due to sepsis about 2 months after onset of anemia. A brief review of related literatures was also presented.

Keywords :Aplastic Anemia; Hepatitis.