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Differentiating Pancytopenia from Other Diseases

  • There are no other mimickers of pancytopenia, as the diagnosis can be unequivocally established by laboratory testing (complete blood count).
Category Condition Etiology Mechanism Congenital Acquried Clinical manifestations Para−clinical findings Gold standard Associated findings
Demography History Symptoms Signs
Lab Findings
Appearance Fever Bleeding BP Splenomegaly Jaundice Other CBC PBS Bone marrow exam PT PTT UA
Bone marrow infiltration Bone marrow failure Destruction/

sequestration/ redistribution

Plt HB WBC
Hematologic disorders Myelodysplastic syndrome[1] + + ± + Elderly Exposure to + + Nl + + Nl Nl Nl Bone marrow examination + clinical manifestation
Malignancies such as:[2][3] + + + ± ± Any, more in adults
  • Exposure to chemicals
  • Radiation
  • Pre-existent blood disorders
+ + Nl +
  • Blast cells
Bone marrow examination
Myelofibrosis[4]
  • Bone marrow infiltration
+ + + + Average 60 years old
  • Exposure to chemicals
  • Radiation
  • Pre-existent blood disorders
+ + Nl + - Bone marrow examination
Fanconi anemia[5]
Condition Etiology Bone marrow infiltration Bone marrow failure Destruction/

sequestration/ redistribution

Congenital Acquried Demography History Appearance Fever Bleeding BP Splenomegaly Jaundice Other signs Plt HB WBC PBS Bone marrow exam PT PTT UA Gold standard Associated findings
Aplastic anemia[6]
  • Unknown
+ ± ± Biphasic (the young and the elderly) + Nl Nl Bone marrow examination +

laboratory findings

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria[7]
  • Mutations
+ + + Any age

(usually younger adults)

  • Normal
Nl ↓/Nl ↓/Nl
  • Hypocellular marrow in certain stages of the disease
Nl Nl Flow cytometry
Disseminated intravascular coagulation[8] Consumption
Dyskeratosis congenital/telomere biology disorders[9]
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome[10] +
Immunology/

Rheumatology

Condition Etiology Bone marrow infiltration Bone marrow failure Destruction/

sequestration/ redistribution

Congenital Acquried Demography History Appearance Fever Bleeding BP Splenomegaly Jaundice Other signs Plt HB WBC PBS Bone marrow exam PT PTT UA Gold standard Associated findings
SLE[11]
Felty syndrome[12]
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome[13] +
GATA2 deficiency[14] +
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis[15] +
GI disorders Portal hypertension/cirrhosis[16][17]
  • Splenomegally
Storage diseases (eg, Gaucher)[18]
  • Splenomegaly
  • Bone marrow infiltration
+ +
Infections Condition Etiology Bone marrow infiltration Bone marrow failure Destruction/

sequestration/ redistribution

Congenital Acquried Demography History Appearance Fever Bleeding BP Splenomegaly Jaundice Other signs Plt HB WBC PBS Bone marrow exam PT PTT UA Gold standard Associated findings
Sepsis[19]
  • Bone marrow infiltration
Viral infection such as HIV, hepatitis, Epstein-Barr virus[20]
  • Marrow suppression
  • Splenomegaly
+ +
Nutritional Megaloblastic anemia[21]
  • Ineffective hematopoiesis
+
Excessive alcohol[22]
  • Ineffective hematopoiesis
Other nutritional deficiency such as copper deficiency, zinc toxicity[23][24]
  • Ineffective hematopoiesis
Malnutrition[25]
  • Ineffective hematopoiesis
Medications Medications such as:[26][27]
  • Immune destruction
+
Category Condition Etiology Bone marrow infiltration Bone marrow failure Destruction/

sequestration/ redistribution

Congenital Acquried Demography History Appearance Fever Bleeding BP Splenomegaly Jaundice Other signs Plt HB WBC PBS Bone marrow exam PT PTT UA Gold standard Associated findings
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  5. Zhang, Qing-Shuo; Benedetti, Eric; Deater, Matthew; Schubert, Kathryn; Major, Angela; Pelz, Carl; Impey, Soren; Marquez-Loza, Laura; Rathbun, R. Keaney; Kato, Shigeaki; Bagby, Grover C.; Grompe, Markus (2015). "Oxymetholone Therapy of Fanconi Anemia Suppresses Osteopontin Transcription and Induces Hematopoietic Stem Cell Cycling". Stem Cell Reports. 4 (1): 90–102. doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2014.10.014. ISSN 2213-6711.
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  7. Boyer, Thomas; Grardel, Nathalie; Copin, Marie-Christine; Roumier, Christophe; Touzart, Aurore; Buchdahl, Anne-Laure; Corm, Sélim; de Latour, Régis Peffault; Preudhomme, Claude; Terriou, Louis (2015). "Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and T cell large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia—an unusual association: another cause of cytopenia in PNH". Annals of Hematology. 94 (10): 1759–1760. doi:10.1007/s00277-015-2439-3. ISSN 0939-5555.
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  9. Paiva, Raquel M.A.; Calado, Rodrigo T. (2014). "Telomere Dysfunction and Hematologic Disorders". 125: 133–157. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-397898-1.00006-2. ISSN 1877-1173.
  10. Gokce, Muge; Tuncer, Murat; Cetin, Mualla; Gumruk, Fatma (2012). "Molecular Diagnosis of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome Presenting with Pancytopenia at an Early Age: The First Report from Turkey". Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion. 29 (3): 161–163. doi:10.1007/s12288-012-0163-x. ISSN 0971-4502.
  11. Newman, Kam; Owlia, Mohammad Bagher; El-Hemaidi, Ihab; Akhtari, Mojtaba (2013). "Management of immune cytopenias in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus — Old and new". Autoimmunity Reviews. 12 (7): 784–791. doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2013.02.001. ISSN 1568-9972.
  12. Liatsos, George D.; Tsironi, Ioanna; Vassilopoulos, Dimitrios; Dourakis, Spyridon (2018). "Severe pancytopenia and splenomegaly associated with felty's syndrome, both fully responsive solely to corticosteroids". Clinical Case Reports. 6 (3): 509–512. doi:10.1002/ccr3.1396. ISSN 2050-0904.
  13. Brochstein JA, Gillio AP, Ruggiero M, Kernan NA, Emanuel D, Laver J, Small T, O'Reilly RJ (December 1991). "Marrow transplantation from human leukocyte antigen-identical or haploidentical donors for correction of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome". J. Pediatr. 119 (6): 907–12. PMID 1960605.
  14. Sanyi, Allen; Jaye, David L.; Rosand, Cecilia B.; Box, Amanda; Shanmuganathan, Chandrakasan; Waller, Edmund K. (2018). "Diagnosis of GATA2 haplo-insufficiency in a young woman prompted by pancytopenia with deficiencies of B-cell and dendritic cell development". Biomarker Research. 6 (1). doi:10.1186/s40364-018-0127-x. ISSN 2050-7771.
  15. Larroche, Claire (2012). "Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults: Diagnosis and treatment". Joint Bone Spine. 79 (4): 356–361. doi:10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.10.015. ISSN 1297-319X.
  16. Sarin, Shiv K.; Khanna, Rajeev (2014). "Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension". Clinics in Liver Disease. 18 (2): 451–476. doi:10.1016/j.cld.2014.01.009. ISSN 1089-3261.
  17. Aksoy, Evrim K.; Koklu, Seyfettin (2015). "Albendazole-Induced Cirrhosis Decompensation and Pancytopenia". Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 49 (8): 945–946. doi:10.1177/1060028015590178. ISSN 1060-0280.
  18. Düzenli Kar, Yeter; Özdemir, Zeynep C.; Kiral, Eylem; Kiliç Yildirim, Gonca; Dinleyici, Ener Ç.; Bör, Özcan (2018). "Hemophagocytic Lymphohystiocytosis Associated With Type Ia Glycogen Storage Disease". Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology: 1. doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000001208. ISSN 1077-4114.
  19. Tendas, Andrea; Niscola, Pasquale; Dentamaro, Teresa; Cupelli, Luca; Di Matteo, Gigliola; Finocchi, Andrea; Siniscalchi, Agostina; Fratoni, Stefano; Scimò, Teresa; Scaramucci, Laura; Giovannini, Marco; Ales, Micaela; Pio Perrotti, Alessio; de Fabritiis, Paolo (2010). "Pancytopenia and severe sepsis in an adult case of congenital X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA)". Annals of Hematology. 89 (9): 949–951. doi:10.1007/s00277-009-0891-7. ISSN 0939-5555.
  20. Santiago-Rodríguez, Eduardo; Mayor, Angel; Fernández-Santos, Diana; Hunter-Mellado, Robert (2015). "Profile of HIV-Infected Hispanics with Pancytopenia". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13 (1): 38. doi:10.3390/ijerph13010038. ISSN 1660-4601.
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