Pathology 2 Flashcards
Decreased Haptoglobin, Increased LDH, schistocytes and increased reticulocytes, and Urobilinogen in urine
Intravascular Hemolysis
Spherocytes in peripheral smear, increased LDH and UCB causing jaundice
Extravascular Hemolysis
Anemia of Chronic Dx
Increase in hepcidin and inhibits iron transport, decreases release of iron from macrophages
Aplastic Anemia
caused by failure or destruction of myeloid stem cells due to radiation, drugs, viruses (B19, EBV, HIV, HCV), Fanconi anemia, idiopathic
Defect in ankyrin, band 3, protein4.2, spectrin
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Osmotic Fragility Test
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Sulfa drugs, antimalarials, infections, fava beans
Acute hemolytic anemia from G6PD deficiency
back pain, hemoglobinuria a few days after oxidant stress
G6PD deficiency
G6PD deficiency Resistance to
P. falciparum
Hemolytic anemia in a newborn masked by 2,3 BPG
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency
Glutamic Acid to Lysine Mutation at residue 6 in beta-globin
HbC defect
Impaired synthesis of GPI anchor for decay-accelerating factor that protects RBC membrane from complement
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Coomb negative hemolytic anemia, pancytopenia, and venous thrombosis, CD55/59 negative RBCs on flow cytometry
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Tx for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Eculizumab
Salmonella osteomyelitis
Sickle cell anemia
Dactylitis
Painful vaso-occlusive crisis in bones associated with sickle cell disease
Renal Papillary Necrosis
due to low oxygen in papilla; also seen in heterozygotes and microhematuria (medullary infarcts)
Tx of Sickle Cell Anemia
Hydroxyurea to increase fetal hemoglobin
BM transplant
Warm Agglutinin
IgG, Coombs (+), chronic anemia seen in SLE, CLL or with alpha-methyldopa
Cold Agglutinin
IgM, acute anemia triggered by cold; seem om CLL, Mycoplasma pneumonia, infectious mononucleosis
Direct Coombs
anti-Ig antibody added to patient’s blood. RBCs agglutinate if RBCs are coated with Ig
Indirect Coombs
normal RBCs added to patient’s serum. If serum has anti-RBC surface Ig, RBCs agglutinate when anti-Ig antibodies added