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Hematolgy I - DONE Flashcards

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What is hematocrit?

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Percentage of whole blood that is comprised of red blood cells

  • HCT (%) = MCV(fL) x RBC(mln/µL) / 10
  • Reference ranges: 26-50%
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What is hematocrit used for?

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  • Identify and evaluate the severity of anemia (low RBCs, low hemoglobin, low hematocrit) or polycythemia (high RBCs, high hemoglobin, high hematocrit)
  • Monitor the response to treatment of anemia or polycythemia and other disorders that affect RBC production or lifespan
  • Help make decisions about blood transfusions or other treatments if anemia is severe
  • Evaluate dehydration
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MCV =

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Mean Corpuscular Volume

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What is Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV)?

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A measurement of the average size of a single red blood cell

  • MCV (fL) = HCT (%) x 10 / RBC (mln/µL)
  • Reference ranges: 80-96 fL (depends on age)
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What is the factor 3 rule?

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Physiologically RBC count, hemoglobin and hematocrit are related to one another by a factor 3

  • RBC (x10^6/ul)x3=Hemoglobin (g/dL)
  • Hemoglobin (g/dL)x3= Hematocrit (%)
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MCH =

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mean corpuscular hemoglobin weight

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What is Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin weight (MCH)?

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A calculation of the average amount of hemoglobin inside a single red blood cell

  • Reference ranges: 26-38 pg
  • MCH = HGB (g/dL) x10 / RBC (mln/µL)
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MCHC =

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Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration

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What is Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)?

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A calculation of the average concentration of hemoglobin inside a single red blood cell

  • Reference ranges: 31-37 g/dL
  • MCHC = HGB(g/dl) x100 / HCT(%)
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What does high MCHC indicate?

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High MCHC is indicative for hereditary spherocytosis

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What is indicative for hereditary spherocytosis?

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High MCHC is indicative for hereditary spherocytosis

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What is the maximal value of MCHC? And what does higher values than that indicate?

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Maximal value 38 g/dL

  • higher values are indicative for autoimmune hemolytic diseases
  • a CBC should be measured in warm (37C) sample
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RDW =

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red blood cells distribution width

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What is red blood cells distribution width (RDW)?

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a calculation of the variation in the size of RBCs

  • RDW CV (%) = SD x 100% / MCV
  • RDW SD (fL) = MCVmax – MCVmin
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What is anisocytosis?

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Variable size of red blood cells is called

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What are reticulocytes?

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Immature red blood cel with network of ribosomes and endoplasmic reticulum
- Reference ranges: 0.5-1.5%

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ESR =

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Erythrocytes sedimentation rate

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What is Erythrocytes sedimentation rate (ESR)?

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the rate at which red blood cells sediment in a period of one hour

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What results in elevated Erythrocytes sedimentation rate (ESR)?

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If the ESR is elevated, it is typically a result of two types of proteins, globulins or fibrinogen

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What can can increase Erythrocytes sedimentation rate (ESR)?

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  • dextran
  • methyldopa
  • oral contraceptives
  • penicillamine procainamide
  • theophylline
  • vitamin A
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What can can decrease Erythrocytes sedimentation rate (ESR)?

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  • aspirin
  • cortisone
  • quinine
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What is anemia?

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Decrease of hemoglobin concentration below reference ranges for age and gender

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What does anemia do?

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It stimulates several compensatory mechanisms:

  • tachypnoe
  • tachycardia
  • EPO
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How is anemia classified?

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  • Classification based on pathophysiology
  • Classification based on MCV
    (SE TABLE page 4/11)
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What are the markers of hemolysis?

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  • ↑ LDH
  • ↑ Bilirubin (unconjugated)
  • ↓ haptoglobin
  • ↑ plasma hemoglobin
  • Hemoglobin in urine
  • Hemosiderin in urine
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What are the symptoms of hemolytic anemia?

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  • Jaundince
  • fatigue
  • tachycardia
  • pallor
  • pigmented gallstones
  • back pain
  • dark urine
  • splenomegaly
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Intravascular hemolysis:

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  • Schistocytes
  • ↑LDH
  • ↓haptoglobin
  • ↑ free hemoglobin, urine hemoglobin
  • hemosideruria
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Extravascular hemolysis:

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  • Microspherocytes
  • ↑LDH
  • N or ↓haptoglobin
  • ↑indirect bilirubin
  • ↑urine and fecal urobilinogen
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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia:

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  • Antibody attaches to red blood cell
  • Opsonins cause RBCs destruction in spleen
  • Others activate complement Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia IgG antibodies that bind RBC in 37°C
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Opsonins (google def:)

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it is any molecule that enhances phagocytosis by marking an antigen for an immune response or marking dead cells for recycling

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Cold autoimmune hemolytic anemia

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  • IgM antibodies that bind RBC in 0-22°C

- Diagnosis: positive DAT

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Post-transfusion autoimmune hemolytic anemia:

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Transfusion of red blood cells bearing an antigen foreign for recipient

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Hemolytic disease of newborns diagnosis:

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blood group typing of mother, father and neonate, DAT, indirect AT during pregnancy, fetal RBC in maternal blood enumeration

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Hereditary spherocytosis:

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  • genetic defects of spectrin, ankiryn, band 3 protein, protein 4.2 and/or others erythrocytes plasma membrane proteins.
  • Deficiency of cytoskeleton proteins results in characteristic red blood cell’s shape
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What are spherocytes?

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they are small, globulous, hyperchromic cells

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Hereditary spherocytosis diagnosis:

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  • high MCHC
  • high RDW
  • spherocytes in blood film
  • EMA test
  • osmotic fragility test
  • (SDS-PAGE) of RBC plasma membrane proteins
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Thalassemia:

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Mutation that leads to reduced production of a structurally normal globin chains

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Thalassemia diagnosis:

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  • ↑RBC
  • ↓ Hgb
  • ↓↓ MCV
  • hemoglobin electrophoresis shows ↑HbA2 and HbF
  • target cells
  • basophilic stiplings
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What is sickle cell anemia (hemoglobinopathies)?

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Mutation that leads to production of structurally abnormal globin chains

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sickle cell anemia (hemoglobinopathies) symptoms?

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The lack of tissue oxygen can cause attacks of sudden, severe pain, called pain crises

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For how long does the sickle cells last?

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only 10 to 20 days

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What is sickle cell anemia (hemoglobinopathies) resistant to?

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Plasmodium falciparum

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Sickle cell anemia (hemoglobinopathies) diagnosis:

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  • blood film

- electrophoresis of Hb

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What is Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia?

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Disorder that share the ability to create a microvascular environment capable of shreding cells

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What does Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia cause?

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  • Inducing endothelial injury, thrombosis
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
  • thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
  • pregnancyassociated syndrome of hemolysis
  • elevated liver enzymes
  • low PLT (HELLP)
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Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia diagnosis:

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  • schistocytes

- anemia

47
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

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  • Red cel enzyme defect
  • G6PD produce glutathion that absorbs free radicals, protecting HbF against oxidation
  • Under the influence of excess oxidants RBCs hemolyse (broad beans, nitrofuarantoin)
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency diagnosis:

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  • Heinz bodies
  • bite cells
  • low G6PD activity
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PK =

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Puryvate kinase deficiency

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Puryvate kinase deficiency (PK):

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  • PK is an important enzyme in glycolytic pathway, its activation leads to ATP production
  • Progressive RBCs dessication
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Puryvate kinase deficiency (PK) diagnosis:

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  • echinocytes

- NADH conversation to NAD

52
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Mutation in PIG-A gene of hematopoietic stem cell, that cause decrease production of GPI (glycosylphosphatidylinositol)

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What is GPI is an anchor for?

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GPI is an anchor for CD16, CD55, CD59 on RBC that protect cell against complement lysis

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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria diagnosis:

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  • Ham test
  • Flow
  • Cytometry
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Test for hemolytic anemias DAT:

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Antihuman globulin binds to Fc of IgG on RBC and agluttinate RBCs – positive in AIHA, HDN, Post transfusion hemolysis

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Test for hemolytic anemias EMA (eosin-5’-maleimide) test

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<81% of ctrl fluorescence typical for HS

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Test for hemolytic anemia osmotic fragility

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used to measure erythrocyte resistance to hemolysis while being exposed to varying levels of dilution of a saline solution

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Increased osmotic fragility:

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  • Hereditary spherocytosis
  • Autoimmune spherocytosis
  • Poisoning, Severe burns
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Decreased fragility:

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  • Thalassemias
  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Sickle cell anemia
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Iron deficiency anemia symptoms:

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  • fatigue
  • pallor
  • pica (a desire to ingest solids such a rock, dirt or ice)
  • atrophic glossitis
  • koilonychias
  • esophagal webs
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Iron deficiency anemia diagnosis:

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  • ↓RBC
  • ↓MCV
  • ↓MCHC
  • ↑RDW
  • Anulocytes, microcytes, hypochromic RBCs, scattered elliptocytes
  • ↓ ferritin (<15 µg/L), ↑TIBC, ↑sTfR
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TIBC =

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Total Iron binding capacity

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ACD =

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Anemia of chronic disease

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What does Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) lead to?

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It leads to normocytic, normochromic anemia

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What does the bone marrow biopsy of Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) show?

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Bone marrow biopsy shows abundant iron stores in the face of decreased iron uptake by erythroid precursors

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Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) def:

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Sustained systemic inflammation alters iron utilization in the marrow, suppresses hematopoiesis, and blunts the response of EPO

67
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What does vitamin B12 deficiency lead to?

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  • megaloblastic anemia

- May produce a degenerative neurologic syndrome

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What is Pernicious anemia (Addison-Biermer anemia)?

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Pernicious anemia (Addison-Biermer anemia) is a deficiency of gastric intrinsic factor

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Pernicious anemia =

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Addison-Biermer anemia

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What does folate deficiency lead to?

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megaloblastic anemia

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Folate deficiency:

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  • Nuclear maturation of bone marrow precursors lags behind cytoplasmic maturation
  • Impairment of DNA synthesis
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Where is dietary folate absorbed, and for how long does the body store it?

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Dietary folate is absorbed in duodenum and the body stores are for 4-5 months

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Megaloblastic anemia diagnosis:

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  • MCV > 115 fL
  • Oval macrocytosis
  • ↓ folate or vitamin B12
  • Hypersegmented neutrophils
  • Large platelets
  • Schililing test for vit B12 deficiency diagnosis (rarely used)
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Sideroblastic anemia:

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  • Iron is incorporated within mitochondria into porphyrin – heme is made
  • Abnormal sequestration leads to development of ringed sideroblasts
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Sideroblastic anemia diagnosis:

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Two population of RBC normochromic macrocytes and hypochromic microcytes, >15% of ringed sideroblasts in BM (at least 10 siderotic granules that surround one third of nucleus)

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Acute blood loss anemia:

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Result of surgery, trauma, gastrointestinal pathology

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Acute blood loss anemia more:

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  • Hemodilution and ↓hematocrit
  • Normocytic anemia with marked reticulocytosis
  • Neutrophilia
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Aplastic anemia def:

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  • Complete absence of hematopoiesis
    • May be isolated to single cell line
  • Normocytic anemia with reticulocytopenia
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What causes aplastic anemia?

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Due to thymoma, EPO therapy, infection of parvovirus B19

80
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Blackfan-Diamond syndrome:

aplastic anemia

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congenital pure red blood cells displasia (aplasia?)

81
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Erythrocytosis

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Persistent elevation in the RBC mass

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Hgb in men and women

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> 18.5 g/dL (men) and >16.5 g/dL (women)

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Primarily Erythrocytosis:

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myeloproliferative neoplasm

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Secondary Erythrocytosis:

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low PaO2 states, abnormal H variants, neoplasms that produce EPO

85
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Polycythemia vera:

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  • Clonal neoplastic proliferation of erythroid precursors

- Normocytic erythrocytosis, neutrophilia, basophilia, thrombocytosis

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Criteria for diagnosis of Polycythemia vera:

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  • A1+A2+ any other A criterion or

- A1+A2+ any two B criteria

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