Anemia with extrinsic hemolysis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Differentiating Anemia with extrinsic hemolysis from Other Diseases
To review the differential diagnosis of anemia, click here.
Disease | Genetics | Clinical manifestation | Lab findings | |||||||||||||||
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History | Symptoms | Signs | Hemolysis | Intrinsic/Extrinsic | Hb concentration | MCV | RDW | Reticulocytosis | Haptoglobin levels | Hepcidin | Iron studies | Specific finding on blood smear | ||||||
Serum iron | Serum Tfr level | Transferrin or TIBC | Ferritin | Transferrin saturation | ||||||||||||||
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia[1][2] | − | Associated with |
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+ | Extrinsic | Normochromic | Normocytic | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | Nl | ↓ | Nl | − | ↑ | − |
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Macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia[3] | Associated with | + | Extrinsic | Normochromic | Normocytic | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | Nl | ↓ | Nl | − | − | − | ||||
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia[4] | − | Associated with: |
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+ | Extrinsic | Normochromic | Normocytic | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | Nl | ↓ | Nl | − | − | − |
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Infections[5] | − | Associated with | + | Extrinsic | Normochromic | Normocytic | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | Nl | Nl | Nl | − | − | − |
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Disease | Genetics | History | Symptoms | Signs | Hemolysis | Intrinsic/Extrinsic | Hb concentration | MCV | RDW | Reticulocytosis | Haptoglobin levels | Hepcidin | Serum iron | Serum Tfr level | IBC | Ferritin | Transferrin saturation | Specific finding on blood smear |
References
- ↑ Morishita E (July 2015). "[Diagnosis and treatment of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia]". Rinsho Ketsueki (in Japanese). 56 (7): 795–806. doi:10.11406/rinketsu.56.795. PMID 26251142.
- ↑ George JN, Charania RS (March 2013). "Evaluation of patients with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia". Semin. Thromb. Hemost. 39 (2): 153–60. doi:10.1055/s-0032-1333538. PMID 23390027.
- ↑ Westphal RG, Azen EA (May 1971). "Macroangiopathic hemolytic anemia due to congenital cardiovascular anomalies". JAMA. 216 (9): 1477–8. PMID 5108522.
- ↑ Hill QA (October 2015). "Autoimmune hemolytic anemia". Hematology. 20 (9): 553–4. doi:10.1179/1024533215Z.000000000401. PMID 26447931.
- ↑ Bustinduy AL, Parraga IM, Thomas CL, Mungai PL, Mutuku F, Muchiri EM, Kitron U, King CH (March 2013). "Impact of polyparasitic infections on anemia and undernutrition among Kenyan children living in a Schistosoma haematobium-endemic area". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 88 (3): 433–40. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.12-0552. PMC 3592521. PMID 23324217.