A Case Report on Transient Erythroblastopenia of Childhood in a Female Pediatric Patient

Umberto M Donato Jr; Andrew Galligan

doi:10.7759/cureus.26451

A Case Report on Transient Erythroblastopenia of Childhood in a Female Pediatric Patient

Cureus. 2022 Jun 30;14(6):e26451. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26451. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Authors

Umberto M Donato Jr^{1

2

3}, Andrew Galligan^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Oncology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, USA.
² Radiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA.
³ Pediatric Oncology, USF Health, Tampa, USA.
⁴ Pediatric Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA.
⁵ Pediatric Hematology Oncology, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, USA.

Abstract

Transient erythroblastopenia of childhood (TEC) is an uncommon, benign normocytic anemia of unknown etiology. It is characterized by absent or reduced erythroid precursors in otherwise normocellular bone marrow, with patients undergoing a complete spontaneous recovery. We present the case of a 12-month-old female suspected of TEC.

Keywords: anemia; hematology; pediatrics; prbc; red cell aplasia; reticulocytosis; transient erythroblastopenia of childhood.

Publication types

Case Reports