Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis

Fanconi anemia Microchapters
Home
Patient Information
Overview
Historical Perspective
Classification
Pathophysiology
Causes
Differentiating Fanconi anemia from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Study of Choice
History and Symptoms
Physical Examination
Laboratory Findings
Electrocardiogram
X Ray
CT
MRI
Ultrasound
Other Imaging Findings
Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment
Medical Therapy
Surgery
Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy
Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Case #1
Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis On the Web
Most recent articles
Most cited articles
Review articles
CME Programs
Powerpoint slides
Images
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis All Images X-rays Echo & Ultrasound CT Images MRI
Ongoing Trials at Clinical Trials.gov
US National Guidelines Clearinghouse
NICE Guidance
FDA on Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis
CDC on Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis
Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis in the news
Blogs on Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis
Directions to Hospitals Treating Fanconi anemia
Risk calculators and risk factors for Fanconi anemia differential diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

[Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

OR

[Disease name] must be differentiated from [[differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

Differentiating X from other Diseases

• [Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].
• [Disease name] must be differentiated from [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

• As [disease name] manifests in a variety of clinical forms, differentiation must be established in accordance with the particular subtype. [Subtype name 1] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], such as [differential dx1] and [differential dx2]. In contrast, [subtype name 2] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 2], such as [differential dx3] and [differential dx4].

Preferred Table

Diseases	Clinical manifestations						Para-clinical findings							Gold standard	Additional findings
	Symptoms			Physical examination
							Lab Findings			Imaging			Histopathology
	Symptom 1	Symptom 2	Symptom 3	Physical exam 1	Physical exam 2	Physical exam 3	Lab 1	Lab 2	Lab 3	Imaging 1	Imaging 2	Imaging 3
Fanconi Anemia				Skin – Generalized hyperpigmentation; hypopigmented areas; large freckles, café-au-lait spots	Short stature, delicate features, upper limbs absent or hypoplastic thumbs, supernumerary, bifid clinodactyly	Head – Microcephaly or hydrocephaly; birdlike face, mid-face hypoplasia, Sprengel's deformity of neck, Eyes- Microphthalmia, ptosis, epicanthal folds, strabismus	Cytopenia, Bone marrow failure				Gastrointestinal anomalies – Atresias, imperforate anus, tracheoesophageal fistula, malrotation, Kidney – Abnormal, ectopic, horseshoe, hypoplastic, or absent kidney; hydronephrosis	Cardiopulmonary anomalies – Congenital heart disease (patent ductus arteriosus, atrial or ventricular septal defects, coarctation, situs inversus)		FA gene sequencing	Incrreased chromosomal breakage in response to mitomycin C or diepoxybutane (quite sensitive but not entirely specific)
Acquired Aplastic Anemia	recurrent infections due to neutropenia, mucosal hemorrhage or menorrhagia due to thrombocytopenia, or fatigue and cardiopulmonary findings associated with progressive anemia.	infections including bacterial and fungal in cases of severe neutropenia		especially pallor and petechiae.	The liver, spleen, and lymph nodes are typically enlarged in AA, if its enlarged it may suggest alternative diagnosis.			Serum chemistries, including electrolytes, liver function tests (including lactate dehydrogenase [LDH]), and renal function tests should be performed, Also serum B12 and Folate should be performed to exclude						Bone marrow aspiration and Biopsy= hypocellular bone marrow in the absence of an abnormal infiltrate or marrow fibrosis.	typically a more rapid onset and progression of cytopenias; and a response to immunosuppressive therapy
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)	Fatigue ●Dyspnea ●Hemoglobinuria	Abdominal pain ●Bone marrow suppression ●Erectile dysfunction	Chest pain ●Thrombosis ●Renal insufficiency				Anemia ●Increased reticulocyte count ●Increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and bilirubin ●Decreased haptoglobin ●Free serum hemoglobin with pink/red serum Bone Marrow: PNH usually have a normocellular or hypercellular bone marrow with erythroid hyperplasia. Stainable iron is often absent	hemolytic anemia (indirect hyperbiliribinemia)  Intravascular hemolysis in PNH can lead to ARF and CRD.		●Hemoglobinuria with pink/red urine, positive dipstick for heme, and negative sediment for red blood cells ●Negative direct antiglobulin (Coombs) test (DAT) ●Hypocellular, normocellular or hypercellular bone marrow, often with erythroid hyperplasia; erythroid dysplasia is not uncommon ●Findings of iron deficiency may be seen in some patients due to excessive iron loss from hemoglobinuria and hemosiderinuria (eg, low iron, low ferritin, increased transferrin, absent bone marrow iron				FLAER: Flow cytometry detect (GPI) anchored proteins, which are reduced or absent on blood cells in PNH. Acquired mutations in the PIGA gene result in the dominance of a hematopoietic progenitor cell clone lacking glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors
Other inherited bone marrow failure syndromes	Transient pancytopenia and bone marrow hypoplasia may be caused by a number of exposures including medications, chemicals, certain viral infections, and sepsis or other severe bacterial infections.														negative chromosomal breakage test.
Diseases	Symptom 1	Symptom 2	Symptom 3	Physical exam 1	Physical exam 2	Physical exam 3	Lab 1	Lab 2	Lab 3	Imaging 1	Imaging 2	Imaging 3	Histopathology	Gold standard	Additional findings
Drug-induced or infection-associated pancytopenia
Rare chromosomal breakage syndromes, Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS), Bloom syndrome (BLM), ataxia telangiectasia (ATM), LIG4 syndrome (LIG4), NHEJ1 deficiency (NHEJ1), Seckel syndrome (ATR), and the cohesinopathies Roberts syndrome (ESCO2) and Warsaw breakage syndrome (DDX11).	Like FA, these rare chromosomal instability syndromes are associated with multiple congenital anomalies, often including microcephaly, short stature, and increased risk of malignancy. Also like FA, t.						compared to FA, these conditions show subtle differences in the associated congenital anomalies, the spectrum of associated malignancies, and the specific abnormalities seen within chromosomal breakage testing (eg, increased chromosome 7 and 14 abnormalities in NBS, railroading figures in cohesinopathies).							these syndromes will often cause an abnormal chromosomal breakage tes	patients with NBS do not typically exhibit bone marrow failure except in the setting of evolving malignancy.
De novo myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)	MDS can arise de novo or secondary to another bone marrow disorder;	many patients with FA develop secondary MDS in child/young adults.					de novo MDS can cause bone marrow failure	variable cytopenias, multilineage dysplasia, cytogenetic abnormalities, and increased blasts