B3-047 Hypoproliferative Anemia Flashcards

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causes of hypoproliferative anemia

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bone marrow failure
bone marrow infiltration/replacement
nutritional deficiency
anemia of chronic disease
myelodysplastic syndrome

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myeloid stem cell disorder due to marrow hypoplasia or pancytopenia

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aplastic anemia

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clinical features of aplastic anemia

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anemia
leukopenia
thrombocytopenia

**no spelnomegaly

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pathogenesis of aplastic anemia

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primary stem cell abnormality
immune mediated stem cell destruction

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genetic factors for aplastic anemia cause the potential for

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additional mutations/ acute myeloid leukemia

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etiology of aplastic anemia

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immunologic
environmental
genetic

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pathology of blood in aplastic anemia

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pancytopenia
normochromic, normocytic RBCs
no poikilocytes
reticulocytopenia

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pathology of bone marrow in aplastic anemia

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hypocellular
decreased hematopoiesis
increased marrow fat

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aplastic anemia

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treatment: aplastic anemia

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supportive transfusions
immunosuppression
androgens
hematopoietic stem cell transplant

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prognosis: aplastic anemia

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1 year without treatment

75% 5 year survival with successful transplant

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disorder of erythroid progenitor cell causing decreased erythropoiesis

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pure red cell aplasia

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clinical features of pure red cell aplasia

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anemia

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14
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paraneoplastic syndrome causing pure red cell aplasia

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thymoma

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15
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viral infection causing pure red cell aplasia

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parvovirus B19

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16
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other causes of pure red cell aplasia

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drugs, autoimmune

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pathology of blood pure red cell aplasia

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normochromic, normocytic anemia, no poikilocytes
reticulocytopenia

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pathology of bone marrow pure red cell aplasia

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markedly decreased erythroid precursors
intranuclear inclusions in erythroblasts in parvo19 infection

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pure red cell aplasia

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treatment: pure red cell aplasia

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thymectomy
plasmapheresis
androgens
supportive transfusions

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prognosis: pure red cell aplasia

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10 years without treatment

50% spontaneous remission
50% cure rate with thymectomy

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decreased erythropoiesis die to bone marrow infiltration or replacement

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myelophthisic anemia

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clinical features: myelophthisic anemia

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anemia
features of underlying disease

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pathogenesis of myelophthisic anemia

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metastatic cancer
fibrosis
hematopoietic neoplasms

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blood pathology: myelophthisic anemia

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normochromic, normocytic anemia
teardrop erythrocytes
circulating nulceated RBCs
granulocytic left shift
reticulocytopenia

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26
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bone marrow pathology: myelophthisic anemia

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replacements of normal elements

27
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myelophthisic anemia

28
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macrocytic anemia due to deficiency of vitamin B12 or folic acid

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megaloblastic anemia

29
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deficiency of B12 and folic acids impairs

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DNA synthesis due to defective thymidine synthesis

30
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causes of B12 deficiency

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vegan diet
impaired absorption

31
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causes of impaired absorption of B12

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intrinsic factor deficiency (pernicious anemia, gastrectomy)
malabsorption
ileal resection
bacterial overgrowth in blind loops
fish tapeworm infection

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causes of folic acid deficiency

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decreased intake (diet, alcoholism)
impaired absorption
increased loss
increased requirement
impaired utilization (folic acid antagonists)

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causes of impaired absorption of folic acid

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malabsorption
intestinal disease
anticonvulsants, oral contraceptives

34
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causes of increased folic acid requirement

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pregnancy
infancy
disseminated cancer
increased hematopoiesis

35
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clinical features: megaloblastic anemia

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anemia
neurologic deficits (B12 only)

36
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vitamin B12 deficiency causes [neurologic deficits]

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demyelination of dorsal and lateral spinal tracts
spastic paraparesis, sensory ataxia, severe parathesia

37
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periventricular white matter degeneration

B12 deficiency

38
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posterior column of spinal cord degeneration

B12 deficiency

39
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pathology: megaloblastic anemia

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macrocytic anemia
hypersegmented neutrophils
megaloblastic hematopoietic precursors

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macro-ovalocyte

megaloblastic anemia

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megaloblastic erythroblasts in bone marrow

42
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hypersegmented neutrophils

megaloblastic anemia

43
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vitamin B12 deficiency causes brain and spinal cord

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demyelination

44
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vitamin B12 deficiency causes _______________________ in pernicious anemia

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intrinsic factor antibodies

45
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vitamin B12 deficiency causes intrinsic factor antibodies in _____________

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pernicious anemia

46
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in megaloblastic anemia serum B12 is [low/high]

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low

47
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in megaloblastic anemia serum methylmalonic acid is [high/low]

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high

48
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in megaloblastic anemia, serum homocysteine is [high/low]

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high

49
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in megaloblastic anemia, serum and RBC folate is [high/low]

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low

50
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treatment: megaloblastic anemia

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parenteral or oral B12
oral folic acid

51
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high dose folic acid supplementation can improve anemia in vitamin B12 deficiency, but will cause

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exacerbated neurological defects

52
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markedly reduced cellularity, most space occupied by fat

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aplastic anemia

53
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hypocellularity is characteristic of

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aplastic anemia

54
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the bone marrow in megaloblastic and autoimmune hemolytic anemia would show

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hypercellularity

55
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ACD is associated with a ……. reticulocyte count

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low

56
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hemolytic or anemias due to blood loss would show a ……… reticulocyte count

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high

57
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normocytic anemia with decreased reticulocyte count

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hypoproliferative anemia

58
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most common cause of iron deficient anemia in US is

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chronic blood loss

59
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most common cause of IDA worldwide

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poor dietary intake

60
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elevated homocysteine

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folic acid deficiency

61
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elevated serum methymalonic acid

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B12 deficiency

parenteral B12

62
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elevated serum methymalonic acid

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B12 deficiency

parenteral B12

63
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increased levels of hepcidin lead to

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decreased absorption of iron from enterocyte into blood

64
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most iron in the body is present in

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blood

hemoglobin