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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Normal Blood Smear ... Dysplastic • Myelodysplastic ... Syndromes Macrocytosis ... #Anemia #Macrocytosis
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic ... some patients) Normal ... of chronic kidney ... disease, Acute blood ... Hypothyroidism, Myelodysplastic
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
Anemia Diagnostic ... Normal range 11.5% ... in peripheral blood ... High in acute blood ... #Workup #Hematology
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... (RBC = red blood ... of the initial work-up ... #Macrocytic #Anemia ... #Workup #AAFP
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Deficiency (Eg Causes: Chronic ... Blood Loss, Occult ... #Microcytic #Anemia ... #Macrocytosis #
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Blood Disorders ... T-cell - CD7, CD3 Chronic ... Disorders - Myelodysplastic ... Disorder - Abnormal ... anemia -
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
formed or don’t work ... common cytopenia: Macrocytic ... Marrow Failure • Chronic ... low and appear abnormal ... Workup: • Complete