pancytopenia

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A Case of Methotrexate-Induced Pancytopenia

David Wan, School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Shabbir M.H. Alibhai, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Staff Physician, Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON; Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine & Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto.

Case Presentation
Mr. L was a 75-year-old man who presented in April 2007 with a one-month history of multiple discrete ulcerative lesions on his extremities, his trunk, and in his mouth. He had progressive weakness and severely restricted oral intake over the past two weeks due to pain from his oral ulcers...