Anemia with normal reticulocytosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Differentiating Anemia with normal reticulocytosis from Other Diseases
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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 | ||||||||||||||
Iron deficiency anemia[1] | − |
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− | − | Hypochromic | Microcytic | ↑ | Nl or ↓ | Nl | Nl | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓↓↓ |
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Lead poisoning[2] | − |
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− | − | Hypochromic | Microcytic | Nl | Nl or ↓ | Nl | Nl | Nl to ↓ | Nl | Nl | Nl to ↓ | − | |
Sideroblastic anemia[3] |
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− | − | Hypochromic | Microcytic | Nl | Nl or ↓ | Nl | Nl | ↑ | Nl | Nl to ↓ | ↑ | − |
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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 |
Anemia of chronic disease[4] | − | − | − | − | Hypochromic | Microcytic | Nl | Nl or ↓ | Nl | ↑ | ↓ | Nl | ↓ | ↑ | − | NA | ||
Thalassemia[5] | α-thalassemia
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α-thalassemia
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− | − | Hypochromic | Microcytic | Nl |
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Nl | Nl | Nl to ↑ | Nl | Nl | ↑ | Nl to ↑ |
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Chronic kidney disease[6] | − | − | − | Normochromic | Normocytic | ↑ | Nl or ↑ | Nl | ↑ | ↓ | − | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | Nl |
References
- ↑ Camaschella C (May 2015). "Iron-deficiency anemia". N. Engl. J. Med. 372 (19): 1832–43. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1401038. PMID 25946282.
- ↑ Bain BJ (December 2014). "Lead poisoning". Am. J. Hematol. 89 (12): 1141. doi:10.1002/ajh.23852. PMID 25220013.
- ↑ Bottomley SS, Fleming MD (August 2014). "Sideroblastic anemia: diagnosis and management". Hematol. Oncol. Clin. North Am. 28 (4): 653–70, v. doi:10.1016/j.hoc.2014.04.008. PMID 25064706.
- ↑ Roy CN (2010). "Anemia of inflammation". Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2010: 276–80. doi:10.1182/asheducation-2010.1.276. PMID 21239806.
- ↑ Zainal NZ, Alauddin H, Ahmad S, Hussin NH (December 2014). "α-Thalassemia with Haemoglobin Adana mutation: prenatal diagnosis". Malays J Pathol. 36 (3): 207–11. PMID 25500521.
- ↑ Drawz P, Rahman M (June 2015). "Chronic kidney disease". Ann. Intern. Med. 162 (11): ITC1–16. doi:10.7326/AITC201506020. PMID 26030647.