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==Laboratory Findings== | ==Laboratory Findings== | ||
*Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [[lead poisoning]] include: | *Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of [[lead poisoning]] include: | ||
**Basophilic stippling of red blood cells | **Basophilic stippling of red blood cells <ref name="pmid28620106">{{cite journal| author=Chan NCN, Chan KP| title=Coarse basophilic stippling in lead poisoning. | journal=Blood | year= 2017 | volume= 129 | issue= 24 | pages= 3270 | pmid=28620106 | doi=10.1182/blood-2017-03-773499 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28620106 }} </ref> | ||
**[[Iron deficiency anemia]] (microcytosis and hypochromia) | **[[Iron deficiency anemia]] (microcytosis and hypochromia) <ref name="pmid27172444">{{cite journal| author=Hoffmanová I, Kačírková P, Kučerová I, Ševčík R, Sánchez D| title=[Lead poisoning. A surprising cause of constipation, abdominal pain and anemia]. | journal=Vnitr Lek | year= 2016 | volume= 62 | issue= 2 | pages= 157-63 | pmid=27172444 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27172444 }} </ref> | ||
**Elevated venous blood lead levels | **Elevated venous blood lead levels | ||
**K-fluorescent X-ray metering can measure bone-lead. | **K-fluorescent X-ray metering can measure bone-lead. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aksiniya Stevasarova, M.D.
Overview
An elevated concentration of venous blood lead levels is diagnostic of lead poisoning.
Laboratory Findings
- Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of lead poisoning include:
- Basophilic stippling of red blood cells [1]
- Iron deficiency anemia (microcytosis and hypochromia) [2]
- Elevated venous blood lead levels
- K-fluorescent X-ray metering can measure bone-lead.
Shown below is an image depicting basophilic stippling in a blood smear of a patient with lead poisoning.
References
- ↑ Chan NCN, Chan KP (2017). "Coarse basophilic stippling in lead poisoning". Blood. 129 (24): 3270. doi:10.1182/blood-2017-03-773499. PMID 28620106.
- ↑ Hoffmanová I, Kačírková P, Kučerová I, Ševčík R, Sánchez D (2016). "[Lead poisoning. A surprising cause of constipation, abdominal pain and anemia]". Vnitr Lek. 62 (2): 157–63. PMID 27172444.