The pathophysiology of this case, based on laboratory findings and response to therapy, is discussed.
Bone marrow shows a selective erythroid hypoplasia.
8 T-lymphocytes have been suggested to have a clonal origin in some cases. The pathophysiology of this case, on the basis of laboratory findings and response to therapy, is discussed. He had suffered from atopic dermatitis since early childhood. At the age of 23 he developed primary adrenal failure and since then he had been receiving hydrocortisone replacement therapy. In 1990 he underwent gastric endoscopy because of a period of dyspepsia and gastric discomfort.