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Transient Erythroblastopenia of Adolescence

Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Jonathan Finlay

Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

Bertil E. Glader

Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California, Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin

This case report describes a 16-year-old girl with pure red cell aplasia of 7 months duration. The erythrocyte characteristics and in vitro culture of erythroid progenitors was similar to that found in transient erythroblastopenia of childhood (TEC), a disorder most commonly seen in children 2 to 6 years of age. This case may represent the adolescent equivalent of TEC.

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