Pancytopenia, panhypopituitarism and liver cirrhosis: analysis of a difficult clinical case

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Authors: Pavel Polák ^1,2; Jan Kamelander ¹; Jana Michalcová ^1,2; Jiřina Zavřelová ^1,3; Libor Červinek ⁴; Tomáš Rohan ⁵; Zuzana Pazdičová ⁵; Václav Odstrčilík ⁶; Miroslav Penka ^1,2,3
Authors‘ workplace: Oddělení klinické hematologie FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice ¹; LF MU, Brno ²; Katedra laboratorních metod LF MU, Brno ³; Interní hematologická a onkologická klinika LF MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice ⁴; Klinika radiologie a nukleární medicíny LF MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice ⁵; Klinika ústní, čelistní a obličejové chirurgie LF MU a FN Brno, pracoviště Bohunice ⁶
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2019; 65(11): 715-720
Category: Case reports

Overview

Panhypopituitarism following craniopharyngioma resection has systemic impact with potential influence on physiological hematopoiesis. There is a growing body of evidence of liver fibrosis/cirrhosis risk development due to altered metabolism and lipid accumulation. The authors present a case report of a woman with a history of craniopharyngioma resection followed by aggravating pancytopenia with suspected indolent lymphoproliferative disorder and possible acquired bone marrow aplasia syndrome due to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. A complex hemostasis disorder with deficiency of multiple coagulation factors (FXII, FXI, FX, FIX, FVII, FX, FV, FXIII, antitrombin, protein C, protein S) was accidentally detected. Despite normal sonographic liver imaging, all possible causes of chronic liver disease were systematically excluded (viral hepatitis, hemochromatosis, Wilson´s disease, α-1-antitrypsin deficiency); anti-LKM-1 and anti-ENA antibodies were detected. Finally, the magnetic resonance imaging confirmed image of liver cirrhosis – with signs of portal hypertension.

Keywords:

coagulopathy – liver cirrhosis – pancytopenia – panhypopituitarism

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