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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Small Bowel Disorder ... #elevatedMCV #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... Hypothyroidism, Myelodysplastic ... #morphologic #mcv ... #differential # ... #hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Myelodysplastic ... morphology, Pseudo ... anemia - ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Anemia Diagnostic Algorithm

Mean corpuscular (cell) volume (MCV): Average RBC size. Under 80 = microcytic. Between 80-95
Anemia Diagnostic ... (cell) volume (MCV ... (BM) ablative disorders ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Microcytic #Anemia ... #Macrocytosis #elevatedMCV ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Diagnosis Algorithm ... other reproducible morphologic ... Consider RBC membrane disorder ... Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
are a group of disorders ... formed or don’t work ... common cytopenia: Macrocytic ... blood count with differential ... #Syndromes #diagnosis