Case Report
Pure Red Cell Aplasia Associated with Thymolipoma: Complete Anaemia Resolution following Thymectomy
Table 1
Full blood count comparison.
| | Normal range | 6 months prior | Admission | 3 months after thymectomy |
| White cells (109/L) | 4.0–11.0 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | Red cells (1012/L) | 4.5–6.5 | 5.95 | 2.94 | 4.97 | Haemoglobin (g/L) | 130–180 | 160 | 81 | 150 | Haematocrit (L/L) | 0.38–0.52 | 0.498 | 0.243 | 0.466 | Mean cell volume (fl) | 80–100 | 79 | 83 | 94 | Platelets (109/L) | 150–400 | 264 | 354 | 252 | Neutrophils (109/L) | 2.0–8.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | Lymphocytes (109/L) | 1.0–4.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.4 | Monocytes (109/L) | 0.2–1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Eosinophils (109/L) | 0–0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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