Adult-onset cyclic bicytopenia: a case report and review of treatment of cyclic hematopoiesis

Am J Hematol. 1989 Mar;30(3):181-5. doi: 10.1002/ajh.2830300311.

Abstract

A unique case of adult-onset synchronous cyclic neutropenia and thrombocytopenia occurring at six-week intervals is presented. Periods of cytopenia were associated with fever, myalgias, gastrointestinal symptoms, and mild mucocutaneous bleeding. Alternate-day steroid treatment failed to correct the periodic fluctuations in peripheral blood counts but ameliorated symptoms during cytopenia. The treatment of cyclic hematopoiesis is reviewed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Agranulocytosis / complications*
  • Blood Cell Count
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes / classification
  • Middle Aged
  • Neutropenia / blood
  • Neutropenia / complications*
  • Neutropenia / drug therapy
  • Periodicity*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Thrombocytopenia / blood
  • Thrombocytopenia / complications*
  • Thrombocytopenia / drug therapy

Substances

  • Prednisone