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Pancytopaenia Flashcards

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How does pancytopenia present?

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Mild pancytopenia is usually asymptomatic and therefore incidental finding on blood results

Thromboctyopenia- easy bruising, petechiae, mucosal bleeding, haemarthrosis

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What are the causes of pancytopenia?

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Result from a problem in the bone marrow
Increased destruction (immune or non-immune)
Sequestration of blood ce

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What is Gauchers disease?

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Functional hypersplenism
Bone marrow fibrosis
Splenomegaly

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How do you manage pancytopenia?

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Manage underlying cause etc…

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