RBC disorder Flashcards
Major division
1. Vit B12 deficiency
2. folic acid deficiency
Megaloblastic anemia
decrease amount of cells in all cell lines
Pancytopenia
function: ileum
absorption
function: adenosylcobalamin
liver, storage
function: castle’s factor
intrinsic factor
function: methylcobalamin
plasma
function: transcobalamin
transporter
only vitamin synthesized by microorganism
cobalamin
caused by D. latum
vitamin B12 deficiency
associated with pernicious anemia
vitamin B12 deficiency
associated with hypochlorhydria
vitamin B12 deficiency
other name of pernicious anemia
addison’s anemia or atrophy gastritis
pernicious anemia produces a yellow lemon color of the skin and has been called as
megaloblastic madness
caused by failure of the gastric mucosa to secrete intrinsic factor
pernicious anemia
intrinsic factor is present or low at number to facilitate the absorption of cobalamin
pernicious anemia
intrinsic factor is present or low at number to facilitate the absorption of cobalamin
there is a problem in the absorption of cobalamin but the intrinsic factor is normal
Imerslund-Grasbeck Syndrome
Diagnosis of Cobalamin deficiency (4)
- schilling test
- serum cobalamin assay
- methylmalonic acid and homocysteine assays
- deoxyuridine suppression test
what is absorbed in the jejunum
folate
how is folate deficiency corrected
taking vitamin B12 supplementation
folate acid deficiency causes
- chronic alcoholics
- poor dietary
- pregnancy
- steatorrhea
vitamin B12 deficiency = __ B12, __ serum folate, __ red cell folate
↓ B12, NORMAL serum folate, ↓ red cell folate
Folic acid deficiency = __ B12, __ serum folate, __ red cell folate
NORMAL B12, ↓ serum folate, ↓ red cell folate
deficiency of both folic and vitamin b12 deficiency = ?
everything is low
manifest macro-ovalocytes and giant hypersegmented neutrophils
megaloblastic anemia
autosomally rcessive inherited defect
Imerslund-Grasbeck Syndrom