Aplastic anemia: the correct nomenclature matters

Aplastic anemia: the correct nomenclature mattersAplastic anemia is defined as pancytopenia with hypocellular bone marrow in the absence of an abnormal infiltrate and with no increase in reticulin.1 Dr. Paul Ehrlich, who treated a young woman who died following an illness characterized by bleeding, severe anemia, and high fevers, first described the term in 1888.Her bone marrow was analyzed and labeled as "strikingly hypocellular."It was the French internist, Dr. Anatole Chauffard, who finally introduced the name "Aplastic Anemia" in