5.7 Anemia with Underproduction

Question 1

What lab value is indicative of underproduction of RBCs?

Answer 1

Low reticulocyte count

Question 2

What is a classic infection that leads to low RBC production?

Answer 2

Parvovirus B19 Infection

Question 3

Aplastic Anemia

Answer 3

Damage to the hematopoietic stem cells causes a pancytopenia with a low reticulocyte count

Question 4

Wha tis the classic finding in aplastic anemia?

Answer 4

Fatty bone marrow with no erythroid precursor cells

Question 5

Myelophthisic Process

Answer 5

Pathologic process that replaces the bone marrow and impair hematopoiesis