Anemias Flashcards
Decreased Production
Decreased Hgb Synthesis
Iron deficiency
Cause
Dietary decrease in body stores of iron (loss, hemolysis, ect)
Decreased Production
Decreased Hgb Synthesis
Iron deficiency
Findings
Hypochromic Microcytic Aniso Poik Elliptocytes
Decreased Production
Decreased Hgb Synthesis
Refractory Anemia with Ringer Sideroblasts (RARS)
Cause
Heriditary: sex linked autosomal recessive
Acquired: Primary myelodysplasia; Secondary: toxins (lead, alcohol, drugs)
Decreased Production
Decreased Hgb Synthesis
Refractory Anemia with Ringer Sideroblasts (RARS)
Findings
Ringed sideroblasts (M) Lead - Basophilic stippling
Decreased Production
Decreased DNA Synthesis
Megaloblastic Anemia
Cause
B 12 DEFICIENCY(dietary, malabsorption, gastrectomy, diphyllobothrum)
Other disorders (Hemydyalisis, HIV/AIDS)
Drugs/Alcohol
FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY
Dietary (pregnancy)
Malabsorption (Tropical sprue, gluten sensitive)
Drug induced
Decreased Production
Decreased DNA Synthesis
Megaloblastic Anemia
Findings
Oval macrocytes Hypersegmented neutrophils Pancytopenia Asynchrony Elliptocytes Nearly immediate response to IM B12 (12-24 hrs) Elevated reticulocytes
Decreased Production
Stem Cell Failure
Aplastic Anemia
Cause
ACQUIRED (most common) Primarily idopathic Secondary marrow damage from toxins (radiation) CONGENITAL Fanconi anemia Dyskeratosis congenital Dyserythropoetic CDA
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction)
Intracorpuscular defects
Membrane Defects
Causes
Jaundice
Anemia
Spenomegaly
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction)
Intracorpuscular defects
Membrane Defects
Findings
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Elliptocytosis
Stomatocytosis (+ macrocytes)
Pyropoikilocytosis (+fragments, elliptocytes)
Southeast Asian ovalocytes (very common, asymptomatic)
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction)
Intracorpuscular defects
Enzyme Dificiencies
Causes
G-6-PD (most common)
Pyruvate kinase (decreased ability to produce ATP)
Methemoglobin reductase
Pyrimidine-5 nucleotidase
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction) Intracorpuscular defects Enzyme Dificiencies G-6-PD Findings
None
Most patients never know
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction) Intracorpuscular defects Enzyme Dificiencies Pyruvate kinase Findings
Normochromic
Occasional spiculated cell
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction) Intracorpuscular defects Enzyme Dificiencies Methemoglobin reductase Findings
Cyanosis
Polucythemia
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction) Intracorpuscular defects Enzyme Dificiencies Pyrimidin 5 nucleatidiase Findings
Basophilic Stippling
Decreased Survival: Hemolytic (increased destruction)
Intracorpuscular defects
Hemoglobinopathies (abnormal globin chains)
HbC (West Africa)
Cause
lysine replaces glutamic acid
HbC Harlem is a douuble substitution