A 35-year old man with cough, hemoptysis, and dyspnea was found to have diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and iron-laden macrophages in the sputum. Pulmonary siderosis was confirmed by transbronchial biopsy. An associated hypochromic anemia required frequent transfusion. Though marrow iron stores were
A 7-year-old girl developed pure red cell aplasia during carbamazepine (CBZ) monotherapy for epilepsy. She developed generalized clonic convulsions at the age of 7 years and 8 months. Treatment with CBZ was begun. Two months later she was admitted to our hospital because of severe anemia. Bone
A case of acute microangiopathic hemolytic anemia in a 29-year-old primiparous patient is presented. Following an unsuspicuous pregnancy and uncomplicated delivery, the patient developed upper abdominal symptoms and transient psychopathologic abnormalities 2 days after delivery. Because of a series
Recombinant-human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) was administered to 24 anaemic pre-dialysis patients with end-stage renal disease. R-HuEPO was injected i.v. three times weekly during the first two months (correction phase). Fixed dosages of 50 U/kg, 100 U/kg, and 150 U/kg were used, and each dose group
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