Transient erythroblastopenia of childhood. A review of 26 cases and reassessment of indications for bone marrow aspiration
T. Hays, P. A. Lane Jr and F. Shafer
Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 80218.
Clinical and hematological presentations of 26 consecutive patients with
transient erythroblastopenia of childhood diagnosed during July 1979 to
September 1986 were compared with 26 patients with acute leukemia who
presented with anemia and a normal platelet count. It was easy to
distinguish acute leukemia from transient erythroblastopenia of childhood
on a clinical and laboratory basis. In most cases, bone marrow examination
was not necessary.
