QUANTITATIVE RED CELL DISORDERS Flashcards

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QUANTITATIVE RED CELL DISORDERS

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  1. IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
  2. ANEMIA OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION
    3.SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA
    Lead Poisoning
    Porphyrias
    4.IRON OVERLOAD
    5.MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA
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-develops due to inadequate intake, increased need, impaired absorption, and chronic blood loss

  • develops slowly, progressing through stages that physiologically blend into one another.
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IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

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Storage compartment

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ferritin

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Transport compartment

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transferrin

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Functional compartment

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hemoglobin, myoglobin, cytochrome

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Hemoglobin N
Serum Iron N
TIBC INCREASED
Ferritin DECREASED

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STAGE 1 IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IDA

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Hemoglobin N
Serum Iron DECREASED
TIBC INCREASED
Ferritin DECREASED

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Stage 2 IDA (Transport iron depletion)

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Hemoglobin DECREASED
Serum Iron DECREASED
TIBC INCREASED
Ferritin DECREASED

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Stage 3 IDA
( Functional iron depletion)

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IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA SYMPTOMS

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-Fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath (especially with exertion)
-Pallor is evident in light-skinned individuals
-Pallor in the conjunctiva, mucous membranes or palmar creases of dark-skinned individuals
-Glossitis
-Angular cheilosis
-Koilonychia
-Pica

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Laboratory diagnosis:
Screening: IDA should be suspected when the CBC findings show a ?

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hypochromic, microcytic anemia with an elevated
RDW but no consistent shape changes to the RBC

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Serum ferritin DECREASED
Serum iron DECREASED OR NORMAL
TIBC INCREASED
Transferrin saturation DECREASED

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Iron deficiency anemia or IDA

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-inflammation is the unifying factor
- sideropenia in the face of an ABUNDANT IRON stores is the central feature
- the impaired ferrokinetics is the more significant cause of the anemia

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ANEMIA OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION

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Substances that contribute/explain the inconsistency of decreased serum iron despite the abundant iron stores:

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1.Hepcidin - a hormone produced by hepatocytes to regulate body iron levels

2.Lactoferrin - an iron-binding protein in granules of neutrophils

3.Ferritin

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Peripheral blood picture is that of mild anemia, with hemoglobin concentration usually 8-10 g/dL, and without reticulocytosis

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ANEMIA OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION

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Normocytic, normochromic.

Prussian blue stain of the bone marrow confirms abundant stores of iron in macrophages.

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ANEMIA OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION

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are a diverse group of diseases that include hereditary and acquired conditions

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SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA

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  • the metal affects the central nervous system and the hematologic system
  • interferes with porphyrin synthesis
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Lead Poisoning

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  • basophilic stippling is a classic finding
  • represents punctate basophilia
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Lead Poisoning

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-are diseases characterized by impaired production of the porphyrin component of heme

  • is the most often used to refer to the hereditary conditions that impair production of protoporphyrin
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Porphyrias

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most common inherited porphyria

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Acute intermittent hepatic porphyria

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Deficient enzyme:

Uroporphyrinogen I synthetase/ Porphobilinogen synthase

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Acute intermittent hepatic porphyria

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Increased delta-aminolevulinic acid and porphobillinogen in urine

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Acute intermittent hepatic porphyria

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Deficient enzyme

Coproporphyrinogen II oxidase

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Hereditary coproporphyria

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Increased coproporphyrin III in urine and feces

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Hereditary coproporphyria

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Deficient enzyme

Protoporphyrinogen oxidase/ Porphobilinogen oxidase

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Variegate porphyria

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Increased porphobilinogen and delta-aminolevulinic acid in urine and protoporphyrinogen and coproporphyrin in feces

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Variegate porphyria

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Deficient enzyme

Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase

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Cutaneous hepatic porphyria

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Increased uroporphyrin I in urine

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Cutaneous hepatic porphyria

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Deficient enzyme

Uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase

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Congenital erythropoietic porphyria

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Increased uroporphyrinogen I and coproporphyrinogen I in urine, feces, and bone marrow

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Congenital erythropoietic porphyria

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Congenital erythropoietic porphyria involved?

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Erythroid

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Deficient enzyme

Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydrase and ferrochelatase

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Acquired porphyria

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Porphyrias diseases

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1.Acute intermittent hepatic porphyria
2.Hereditary coproporphyria
3.Variegate porphyria
4.Cutaneous hepatic porphyria
5.Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
6.Acquired porphyria

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1.Acute intermittent hepatic porphyria
2.Hereditary coproporphyria
3.Variegate porphyria
4.Cutaneous hepatic porphyria

Involved?

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HEPATIC/LIVER

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excess accumulation of iron results from acquired or hereditary conditions in which the bodyโ€™s rate of iron acquisition exceeds the rate of loss

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IRON OVERLOAD

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excess iron are stored in the form of ferritin and hemosiderin (non-metabolically active form of ferritin) within cells.

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IRON OVERLOAD

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IRON OVERLOAD
accumulation of iron in the macrophages, with less parenchymal injury

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ACQUIRED Transfusion-related hemosiderosis

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IRON OVERLOAD
-mutations of HFE gene remain the most common

  • individuals usually harbor 20 to 30 g of iron by the time their disease usually becomes clinically evident
  • accumulation of iron in the parenchymal cells, with tissue injury
  • traditional characterization: Bronzed diabetes
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Hereditary hemochromatosis

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Elevated transferrin saturation or serum ferritin Abnormal results on common tests of liver function

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IRON OVERLOAD

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  • defective nuclear maturation due to impaired DNA synthesis due to Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency
  • the resulting DNA is nonfunctional, DNA replication process is incomplete, and cell division is halted
  • ineffective erythropoiesis
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MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

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  • defective nuclear maturation due to impaired DNA synthesis due to Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency
  • the resulting DNA is nonfunctional, DNA replication process is incomplete, and cell division is halted - ineffective erythropoiesis
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MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

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Causes of Folate deficiency:

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  • Inadequate intake
  • Increased need
  • impaired absorption
  • impaired use of folate
  • excessive loss of folate
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Causes of Vitamin B12 deficiency

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  • Inadequate intake
  • increased need
  • impaired absorption
    1. Failure to separate vitamin B12 from food proteins
    2. Failure to separate vitamin B12 from haptocorin
    3. Lack of intrinsic factor
    4. Malabsorption
    5. Competition for vitamin B12
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  • is an autoimmune disorder characterized by impaired absorption of vitamin B12 due to a lack of intrinsic factor
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Pernicious Anemia

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  • production of antibodies to intrinsic factor and gastric parietal cells
  • autoantibodies are directed against the a- and b- subunit of the gastric H+/K+ -ATPase, a hydrogen transporting enzyme, responsible for the acidification of the stomach lumen
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Pernicious Anemia

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  • caused by mutations in the genes for either cubilin or amnionless
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Imerslund-Grรคsbeck syndrome

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Systemic manifestations of folate and vitamin B12 deficiency:

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  • general symptoms related to anemia
  • glossitis
  • gastritis, nausea, constipation
  • neurologic symptoms may be pronounced and may even occur in the absence of anemia (Vitamin B12 deficiency)
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Systemic manifestations of folate and vitamin B12 deficiency:

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  • general symptoms related to anemia
  • glossitis
  • gastritis, nausea, constipation
  • neurologic symptoms may be pronounced and may even occur in the absence of anemia (Vitamin B12 deficiency)
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Laboratory diagnosis:
SCREENING TESTS MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

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CBC
PBS
BILIRUBIN
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE

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decreased hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, pancytopenia, reticulocytopenia

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CBC

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oval macrocytes, hypersegmented neutrophils with six or more lobes, nucleated RBCs, Howell-Jolly bodies, basophilic stippling, Cabot rings

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PBS

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increased

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Bilirubin
Lactate dehydrogenase

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  • are macrocytic anemias in which DNA is unimpaired
  • lack hypersegmented neutrophils and oval macrocytes in the peripheral blood and megaloblasts in the bone marrow
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Macrocytic nonmegaloblastic anemias

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Remains the reference confirmatory test to identify megaloblastic appearance of the developing RBCs

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Bone marrow examination

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Competitive binding chemiluminesence

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Serum Vitamin B12

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GC-MS

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Methylmalonic acid

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Used to diagnose pernicious anemia

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Schillings test

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Pathophysiology includes:
- destruction of hematopoietic stem cells due to injury by drugs, chemicals, radiation, viruses, or autoimmune mechanisms

  • premature senescence and apoptosis
  • ineffective hematopoiesis due to stem cell mutations or vitamin B12 or folate deficiency
  • disruption of the bone marrow microenvironment that supports hematopoiesis - decreased production of hematopoietic growth factors or related hormones
  • loss of normal hematopoietic tissue
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BONE MARROW FAILURE

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include pancytopenia, reticulocytopenia, bone marrow hypercellularity, and depletion of hematopoietic stem cells

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APLASTIC ANEMIA

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Acquired Aplastic Anemia
Two major categories:

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  1. Idiopathic acquired aplastic anemia - 70%
  2. Secondary acquired aplastic anemia - 10%-15%