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J Clin Pathol 2005;58:670-671
  • Correspondence

Bilateral breast lumps in a patient after sex mismatched allogeneic transplantation for aplastic anaemia

  1. A K Enjeti1,
  2. M Seldon1,
  3. S Braye2
  1. 1Department of Haematology, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital and Hunter Area Pathology Service, Waratah, Newcastle, NSW 2298, Australia; anoopenjeti@yahoo.co.in
  2. 2Department of Anatomical Pathology, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital and Hunter Area Pathology Service

      We report an unusual diagnostic problem in a 35 year old woman with bilateral breast lumps. The patient first presented in August 1998 with a two week history of fever, tooth infection, and easy bruisability. Her full blood count showed severe pancytopenia (total white blood cell count, 1.0 × 109/litre; neutrophil count, 0.1 × 109/litre; haemoglobin, 66 g/litre; platelet count, 22 × 109/litre). Her past medical history was unremarkable. She had no causative medications, chemical exposure, or viral symptoms. Flow cytometry for paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria was negative. A bone marrow biopsy showed a hypolastic marrow consistent with aplastic anaemia. She had no response to standard doses of antithymocyte globulin, methylprednisone, and cyclosporine and underwent a sex mismatched sibling allogeneic transplant. She had essentially no graft versus host disease, and …

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