Excellent response of severe aplastic anemia to treatment of gut inflammation: A case report and review of the literature

Figure 1 Bone marrow aspirate smears obtained from the posterior superior iliac spine of this refractory severe aplastic anemia patient. A: A smear sampled 8 years ago when he was admitted to our center revealed severe hypocellularity with severe fatty replacement, predominantly lymphocytes, with few erythrocyte and myeloid precursors; B: A smear sampled on day 294 following mannitol and gentamycin treatment showed largely normal cellularity, with a normal proportion of myeloid precursors and lymphocytes as well as no atypical hematopoietic cells.