Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 10 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 132-135
Chronic Benign Neutropenia- A Case Report
Rachana Garg1, Sushma V Belurkar2, Niveditha Suvarna3
1SR Pathology at Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital and Research Centre,
2Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturbha Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka.
3Consultant Pathologist Medcure Diagnostics Mysore
Corresponding Author: Rachana Garg
ABSTRACT
Chronic benign neutropenia also called as Autoimmune neutropenia of infancy occurs in infants and children usually in the first year of life. This is a benign condition and presents mostly as mild infections in children. It is caused due to specific neutrophil antibodies that cause peripheral destruction of neutrophils. Careful evaluation of the condition is mandatory to avoid misdiagnosis of leukemia. On follow up its noted that spontaneous regression usually occurs within 5 years of age. We report a case of chronic benign neutropenia in a 1 year old male child, diagnosed after a series of workup. This case is reported due to its rarity and novelty.
Key words: autoimmune, neutrophils, childhood, antibodies.