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Evaluation of Erythrocytes: Anemia and Regeneration Flashcards

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What important information from a history can help you diagnose the cause of an anemia?

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prior drug administration exposure to toxic chemicals or plants family or herd occurrence recent transfusion or colostrum ingestion age at onset of anemia

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Physical findings associated with anemia

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pale MM weakness, loss of stamina, exercise intolerance tachycardia and tachypnea, esp. after exercise cardiac murmur secondary to increased blood turbulence shock if rapid severe hemorrhage occurs icterus, hemoglobinuria, hemorrhage, or fever - depending on dz present

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Normal HCT with low TPP leads you to what DDX?

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GI protein loss proteinuria liver dz

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Normal HCT with high TPP leads you to what DDX?

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increased globulin synthesis dehydration masked anemia

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High HCT with low TPP leads you to what conclusion?

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protein loss combined with relative or absolute erythrocytosis

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High HCT + High TPP = ?

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dehydration

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Low HCT + low TPP =?

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substantial ongoing or recent blood loss, overhydration

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High HCT + normal TPP =

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splenic contraction absolute erythrocytosis dehydration masked hypoproteinemia

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low HCT + normal TPP =

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increased erythrocyte destruction, decreased erythrocyte production, chronic hemorrhage

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low HCT + high TPP =

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anemia of inflammatory dz multiple myeloma lymphoproliferative dz

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How do you classify an anemia as regenerative or non regenerative?

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absolute reticulocyte count increased increased polychromasia on blood film marrow evaluation

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What are the size and color classifications of anemia?

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microcytic (MCV below reference), normocytic (MCV in reference), macrocytic (MCV above reference) hypochromic (MCHC below reference), normochromic (NO hyperchromic)

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T/F hemodilution is a true anemia

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F

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T/F severity can rule in or out a specific cause of anemia

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T - ie. severe anemia should not be attributed alone to anemia of inflammatory disease

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What are the four pathophysiologic mechanisms of anemia?

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blood loss or hemorrhage accelerated erythrocyte destruction (hemolysis) reduced/defective erythropoiesis hemodilution (not really an anemia)

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Hemodilution “anemia”

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expansion of vascular space - pregnancy, growth (plasma volume expansion, dilution from colostrum, destruction of fetal RBCs, decreased production of erythropoietin in first few months of life) overhydration splenic sequestration - splenomegaly, anesthesia, heparin treatment in horses

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Which species is not ideal for a bone marrow evaluation?

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Horses

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What does regenerative anemia look like on blood films?

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increased polychromasia increased anisocytosis metarubricytosis increased howell-jolly bodies basophilic stippling ONLY increased polychromasia is a valid indicator of regeneration - all else associated with but not indicator

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Why would an acute hemorrhagic or hemolytic anemia initially appear non-regenerative?

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because it takes bone marrow 3-5 days to respond to an anemia

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What are features that may be seen in blood smears as part of the regenerative response but are not specific for regeneration?

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anisocytosis increased numbers of nucleated RBCs basophilic stippling (aggregates of ribosomes and polyribosomes, especially seen in ruminants but can also be seen in dogs and cats) increased numbers of RBC containing Howell-Jolly bodies (remnants of the nucleus)

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How does MCV change in a regenerative response to anemia?

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within reference range early (takes 3-4 days for bone marrow to respond), then highest in hemolytic anemia (spherocytes from phagocytosis by macrophages and polychromatophils from regeneration) ***may be low with chronic blood loss

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What does the MCHC look like in a regenerative anemia?

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within reference range early low with a high percentage of reticulocytes, especially “stress reticulocytes”=released early from BM

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Clinical signs of hemolytic anemia

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depends on severity and speed of onset icterus may be present if rapid RBC destruction red plasma hemoglobinuria (if intravascular hemolysis present)

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Laboratory findings of hemolytic anemia

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reticulocyte counts higher than external hemorrhage plasma protein concentration normal or increased leukocytosis with neutrophilia and monocytosis bilirubinemia, hemoglobinemia, +/-hemoglobinuria abnormal erythrocyte morphology (ie. heinz bodies, poikilocytes, spherocytes, parasites)

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Extravascular hemolysis often occurs in which organs?

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spleen, liver, bone marrow

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Which is acute or chronic - extravascular hemolysis or intravascular hemolysis?

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Extravascular - can be either

intravascular - often rapid - per acute or acute

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DIC occurs as a result of ________ (extravascular/intravascular) hemolysis.

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both can cause DIC

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Which has a worse prognosis intravascular or extravascular hemolysis?

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intravascular - abnormal location for RBC destruction, usually rapid, not an isolated environment = fragments are a risk for DIC and anaphylactic shock

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What is the pathological mechanism that causes hemoglobinuria?

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lysed RBCs free Hgb into bloodstream - transport protein binds and it is taken to liver for metabolism and recycling. transport capacity is overwhelmed if destruction is rapid and/or severe enough - left over circulating Hgb is excreted in the urine

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Where does bilirubin back up to first (if RBC destruction too rapid/severe to be excreted via normal mechanisms)?

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backs up to urine and feces first = bilirubinuria then backs up in plasma = bilirubinemia then backs up to mucocutaneous tissues = icterus

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Which of the following conditions distinguish intravascular from extravascular hemolysis? bilirubinuria bilirubinemia hemoglobinuria hemoglobinemia

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hemoglobinemia hemoglobinuria

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Name some causes of hemolytic anemias.

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  • immune-mediated
  • hemoparasites
  • infectious agents
  • chemicals and plants
  • fragmentation
  • hypoosmolality
  • hypophosphatemia
  • hereditary RBC defects
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What are some of the causes of immune-mediated erythrocyte destruction?

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IMHA (mostly dogs) neonatal isoerythrolysis (mostly horses and cats) lupus erythematosus (dogs) incompatible blood transfusion penicillin and sulfonamides (horses) cephalosporins, levamisole, primicarb insecticide (dogs) propylthiouracil, and possible griseofulvin, albendazole (cats)

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Describe the pathological mechanism of IMHA.

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attachment of IgG or IgM causes fixation of complement to RBC membranes - Macrophages phagocytize them - forms spherocytes

35
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How can you detect IMHA in a dog?

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Coombs test - but be careful because false positives and negatives do occur

36
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Name three erythrocyte parasites.

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anaplasma (ruminants) mycoplasma (not in horses) babesia cytauxzoon felis (non regenerative) theileria (ruminants and horses)

37
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Name some infectious agents that cause IMHA.

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leptospira and clostridium (primarily ruminants and horses) FeLV (decreases RBC production mostly) EIA virus (acute stage of infection = “coggins”) Sarcocystis species (cattle and sheep) trypanosoma (not imp. in US)

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Name two chemicals/plants that can cause anemia.

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39
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Name two causes of hypoosmolality.

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hypotonic fluid administration - IV or oral

water intoxication

40
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Name two causes of hypophosphatemia.

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decreased RBC ATP concentration

postparturient hemoglobinuria

ketoacidotic diabetes mellitus following insulin therapy (cats and dogs)

hepatic lipidosis (cats)

hyperalimentation (dogs and cats)

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Miscellaneous hemolytic anemias

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liver failure in horses

splenic torsion in dogs

selenium deficiency in cattle grazing on st. augustine grass

postparturient hemoglobinuria in cattle not associated with hypophospatemia

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Causes of blood loss anemia

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trauma

blood sucking parasites

coagulation disorders

neoplasia

GI ulcers

inflammatory bowel diseases

43
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Distinguish between external and internal hemorrhage

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External - erythrocytes, plasma, proteins and iron are lost to the world or a parasite; decreased PCV and TP

Internal - iron is conserved, some erythrocytes and plasma proteins may be reabsorbed from body cavities, slight hyperbilirubinemia may occur; decreased PCV and increased TP

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Causes of acute hemorrhage

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trauma

recent surgery

bleeding ulcers

bleeding tumors (esp. hemangiosarcoma)

severely marked decrease in platelets (thrombocytopenia usually less than 25k/microliter)

inherited or acquired coagulopathies

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Acute hemorrhage laboratory findings

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usually does not cause appreciable thrombocytopenia

hematocrit is variable depending on time after hemorrhage

plasma protein concentration variable based on time after hemorrhage - initial probably unchanged, shifts start few hours post and continue for 2-3 days - decreased PCV and TP 12-24 hours after blood loss as a result of dilution by interstial fluid; TP will return to normal in about a week unless ongoing loss

in 3 days retics appear in blood, peak at 7-10 days

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How can a chronic blood loss cause a non-regenerative anemia?

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if severe iron deficiency develops

47
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Lab findings of chronic blood loss

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hypoproteinemia - if hemorrhage is ongoing

can be regenerative or non-regenerative

microcytic hypochromic if iron deficient

thrombocytosis (seen in 50% of cases)

fragmentation morphologies due to thin cells being produced

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Describe the mechanism of the development of iron deficiency anemia.

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decreased bone marrow iron since iron used to maintain erythropoiesis

iron stores absent - RBCs produced without iron

-> iron deficiency anemia characterized by microcytosis and hypochromasia

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Causes of iron deficiency anemia

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dietary deficiency of iron (can be secondary to acidosis, excess vitamin C, or excess zinc)

copper deficiency (necessary for absorption of iron from GI and release of iron from stores in macrophages in the body; seen in ruminants)

chronic external blood loss - ie. bleeding ulcers, flea infestation

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Name causes of a macrocytic anemia.

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FeLV infection in cats

myeloproliferative disorders

folate deficiency

dyserythropoiesis

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What are some causes of non-regenerative anemias?

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  • Reduced erythropoiesis
    • chronic renal disease - decreased EPO, RBC lifespan
    • hormone deficiencies - ie. hypothyroid dogs
    • anemia of inflammatory dz
    • cytotoxic damage to bone marrow (chemo)
    • infectious agents
    • immune mediated
    • myelophthis
  • Defective erythropoiesis - disorders of heme/nucleic acid synthesis, abnormal erythroid maturation
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What are the causes of anemia from chronic renal dz?

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decreased erythropoietin production (=main mechanism)

supression of erythropoiesis by uremic toxins

decreased RBC lifespans - uremic toxins kill via extravascular hemolysis

hemorrhage - often have oral and GI ulcers due to uremia

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Non regenerative anemias due to endocrine disorders produce what type of anemia?

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moderate normocytic normochromic

not associated with poikilocytosis

54
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Describe the pathogenesis of anemia of chronic inflammatory dz.

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cytokines - inhibition of erythroid progenitor cells, insufficient EPO response, impaired iron absorption and release of iron stores from macrophages, increased iron sequestration in bone marrow, spleen and liver; shortened erythrocyte lifespan

55
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What does an anemia of inflammatory disease look like?

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mild to moderate non regenerative

slight microcytosis

56
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Name some disorders of nucleic acid synthesis and the anemias they cause.

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folic acid deficiency - macrocytic anemia

cobalamin deficiency - macrocytic anemia in humans, normocytic anemia in dogs and cats with inherited defects in cobalamin absorption (giant schnauzers, border collies, beagles)

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Pyridoxine (vitamin b6) deficiency causes what type of anemia?

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microcytic anemia (due to disorder in heme synthesis)

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Lab findings of chronic iron deficiency anemia

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  • mild to severe anemia
  • slight to marked microcytosis
  • normal or decreased MCHC
  • slight to marked hypochromasia (dogs and ruminants)
  • low to high retic counts
  • poikilocytosis in severe animals
  • thrombocytosis
  • erythroid hyperplasia in marrow with little or no stainable iron (except this is normal in cats)
  • low serum iron concentration
  • normal or high serum TIBC
  • low saturation of transferrin with iron
  • decreased serum ferritin
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Why do erythroid precursors cluster around macrophages in the bone marrow and spleen?

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They are obtaining their iron (required for hemoglobin synthesis) from these iron-storing cells as well as from circulating transferrin

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Name two iron binding/transport proteins

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transferrin - beta globulin, correlates with TIBC, transport

ferritin - primarily found in cells, few in plasma, correlates with total body iron stores, stain bone marrow with prussian blue to evaluate

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Compare lab findings in chronic iron deficiency anemia vs. anemia of inflammatory disease.

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62
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Where does non-regenerative immune-mediated anemia usually occur?

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in bone marrow - destruction of RBC precursors, very hard to control

63
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What can cause selective erythroid aplasia?

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immune mediated - dogs and cats

FeLV subgroup C - cats

chloramphenicol - cats

rhEPO use - dogs, cats, horses

congenital - dogs

parvovirus vaccine in dogs?

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Name two groups that suffer from inherited dyserythropoiesis.

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polled hereford calves

English Spaniel Springer dogs

65
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How can you definitively tell an anemia is nonregenerative?

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hypoplastic or aplastic bone marrow

proliferation or infiltration of abnormal cells into the bone marrow

66
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Name some causes of aplastic anemia.

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67
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Which infectious agents can cause hypoplastic marrow?

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chronic Ehrlichia canis infections in dogs

FeLV and parvovirus coinfection in cats

parvovirus infection in young dogs

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What are myelophthsises?

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  • a normocytic-normochromic anemia that occurs when normal marrow space is infiltrated and replaced by nonhematopoietic or abnormal cells.
  • Causes include tumors, granulomatous disorders, and lipid storage diseases.
  • Characteristic changes in peripheral blood include anisocytosis, poikilocytosis, and excessive numbers of RBC and WBC precursors.
69
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Name some examples of myelophtisis.

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myelogenous leukemias

lymphoid leukemias

myelodysplastic syndromes

multiple myeloma

myelofibrosis and/or osteosclerosis

metastatic neoplasia (primarily lymphomas and mast cell tumors)

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Relative erythrocytosis occurs due to?

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  • splenic contraction
    • excitement
    • exercise
    • pain
  • dehydration
    • water loss
    • water deprivation
    • shock with fluid shift into tissues
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What is absolute erythrocytosis?

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primary - normal or low EPO but lots of RBCs, can be due to a condition called polycythemia vera, happens in cattle?

secondary - high EPO, hypoxemia (ie. high altitude, heart dz, chronic lung dz, methemoglobinemia) or innapropriate EPO production (renal tumors, renal cysts, hydronephrosis, non-renal EPO secreting tumors)

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