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ea0029p443 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ICEECE2012

A case of pancytopenia with hyperthyroidism

Won K. , Park S. , Moon J. , Yoon J. , Lee H.

Atypical manifestations of hyperthyroidism include hematological, cardiovascular, dermatological manifestation. Especially single lineage abnormalities such as anemia (34%), leukopenia (5.8%), thrombocytopenia (3.3%) are reported, but pancytopenia is a rare presentation of hyperthyroidism. The suspected etiologic mechanisms include ineffective hematopoiesis, reduction in blood cell life span, autoimmune process, toxicity of thyroid hormone.We report a ca...