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This clinical condition has been priorly described to be linked to numerous viral and immunologic mechanisms. COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, was initially discovered in China in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case Presentation<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This manuscript reports a new clinically relevant condition associated to COVID-19, describing a child with clinical and biochemical signs of Pure Red Blood cells aplasia and complete absence of erythroblasts at the bone marrow needle aspiration with signs of erythrophagocytosis, resembling morphological signs such as in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), temporally associated to SARS-CoV-2 infection.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This report highlights a newly described continuum laboratory and clinical spectrum of immune\/hematological dysregulations secondary to SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV\u20102 infection-linked TEC has never been described in literature, but, according to our findings, should be considered in all the patients with transient erythroblastopenia without congenital red blood cell abnormalities and serology negative for major infections associated with TEC. 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