HemeOnc Flashcards
High TIBC
Iron deficiency
> 24oz/d cow’s milk + anemia, pica, fatigue, inc RDW
Iron deficiency –> oral iron therapy
Iron deficiency tx in baby
Cows milk b4 9mo
High Ferritin
Chronic disease –> EPO
Low iron, Low TIBC anemia
Chronic disease
- high ferritin
Low TIBC
Everything else normal or high
Thalessemias (Inc A1)
High Hb A2
B-Thal trait
MCV <75, normal RDW, Target cells, Normal iron, ferritin, no response to iron
B-Thal trait (inc A2), alpha-thal (normal)
Target cells anemia
Thal minor
Hct >30, RDW NORMAL, RBC count normal to Inc, normal to inc iron, Ferritin, anemia
Thal minor
Basophilic stippling
Thalessemia & heavy metal poisoning
RUQ pain w/ inspiration, splenomegaly, same thing in brother
Hereditary spherocytosis –> Ca-bilirubin gall stones –> folate & splenectomy
Tx for hereditary spherocytosis
Folate & tranfusions –> 30+ yr strep risk = vaccination b4 splenectomy + daily PCN
Multiple small round dense, hyperchromic (no pallor) RBCs, RUQ pain, Coombs -
Hereditary spherocytosis = ankyrin defect –> high MCHC & RDW
High retic, hyperUNconjugated bilirubinemia, spherocytes, schistiocytes, osmotic fragility
Hereditary spherocytosis
High retic, inc MCHC, normal or low MVC, anemia, jaundice
Hereditary spherocytosis
Thrombocytopenia –> pancytopenia, absent radius/thumb, café-au-lait, microcephaly
Fanconi anemia (TAR)
Pancytopenia, hypopigmented spots, short, abn thumbs, deafness, strabismus, 7 y/o
Fanconi anemia = DNA breaks –> stem cell transplant
Swelling of hand/feet, fever, pale, poor feeding
Hand-foot syndrome = Sickle Cell
85% HbS, 15% HbF
Sickle cell disease
Management of Sickle cell
Vaccinations, PCN until 5, folic acid, HU for vasoocclusive events
Sickle cell disease complications
ACS, dacylitis, stroke, osteomyelitis, splenic infarction
Hx severe arm pain, now weakness, clumsy in right hand, 3 y/o A.A boy
Sickle cell stroke = get peripheral smear, retic
40%HbS, 60% HbA
Sickle cell Trait –> Hematuria, can’t concentrate urine –> polyuria, nocturia, inc UTIs
Anemia + high retic, A.A boy, hx hematuria, Abd pain, no vaccines –> death
Sickle cell –> bacterial infection d/t asplenia = PCN until 5 y/o
1 bacteremia bug in sickle cell
Strep pneumo (encapsulated)
Howell-Jolly bodies
Sickle cell - sign of aplenia
Severe drop in Hb, retic <1%, sudden onset fatigue, dyspnea, NO HSM
Aplastic crisis
Retic <1%, BM HYPOCELLULAR, fatty infiltrate, bleeding, petechiae, lethargy, weakness
Acquired aplastic anemia - drugs, chemicals, CCl4, insecticides
Hypoplastic, fat-filled marrow
Aplastic Anemia
High F Hb (HU increases this)
Sickle cell, beta thal, aplastic anemia
Reticulocytosis w/ sickle cell
Hyperhemolytic crisis
African American 17 y/o male w/ painless hematuria
Sickle cell trait - d/t papillary ischemia
Heinz bodies & bite cells
G6PD deficiency and thalessemias = Hb precipitation
Bite cells, RBC inclusions (Heinz bodies), inc indirect bili, inc LDH, dec haptoglobin, jaundice, back pain, DARK urine
G6PD deficiency
- activity level may be NORMAL during an attack
Inc marrow cellularity + megakaryocyte hyperplasia
Essential thrombocytosis
Shiny tongue, palmar crease, Hb 7.5, WBC 3500, Hx gastric bypass
B12 deficiency d/t bypass/no IF
Everything inc but TIBC dec
Hemochromatosis
Absent CD55
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- destruction by complement
Hemarthroses, epistaxis, joint swelling, young age, family bleeding disorder
Hemophilia A (VIII) or B (IX)
Easy bruising, knee swelling after fall, skin ecchymoses, bruising at waistband
Hemophilia (A = VIII, B= IX) –> platelet count and Coag
Cause of hemophilia arthropathy
Iron/hemosiderin deposition –> synovitis & fibrosis
Normocytic, normochromic anemia, low retic, Hb 7-10, normal platelet, WBC, bilirubin
Anemia of prematurity - FTT, tachypnea, lethargy, cyanosis, tachycardia
Weak, abd pain, inc urine prophobilinogen
Acute intermittent porphyria
Purpura, large joint arthritis, N/V, melena, normal PT, PTT, Comp & IgA N-Inc
Anaphylactoid purpura
Bruising, bloody stool, IVH, baby born at home, inc PT
Hemorrhagic disease of newborn = vit K def (II, VII, IX, X)
Venous Hct >65 risk
NEC –> partial exchange transfusion