Aplastic Anemia Complicating Sjögren's Syndrome

Abstract

A 47-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of severe anemia and polyclonal gammopathy. She developed sicca syndrome after admission. Laboratory data revealed pancytopenia (white blood cells, 2,800/μ1; hemoglobin, 6.4g/dl; platelets, 6.1×104/μl) and hyper γglobulinemia (5.2 g/dl), and bone marrow was hypoplastic. Histology of the salivary gland showed infiltration of lymphocytes. We report a good response to immunosuppressive therapy in a rare case of aplastic anemia complicating Sjögren's syndrome.