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Aplastic Anemia - Overview

Who?
• M = F
• 3 peaks:	1) Childhood	2) 15-25 years	3) >60 years

What?
• Aplastic anemia
Aplastic Anemia ... • Aplastic anemia ... Difficulty breathing • Neutropenia ... #Anemia #oncology ... #hematology #diagnosis
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
Factor The maturation ... marrow failure: Aplastic ... Production #Index #hematology ... #anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #calculation
Causes of Neutropenia - Differential Diagnosis
Neonate:
 - Infection - by far the most common cause
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- Differential ... Megaloblastic anemia-rare ... - Copper deficiency-rare ... white blood cell aplasia ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphopenia (ICL) / Lymphocytopenia 

DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ICL
 • Persistent CD4 T-cell lymphopenia
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Heme (lymphoma. aplasia ... myelodysplasia) • Infections ... variable immune deficiency ... ICL #diagnosis #hematology ... #Differential #
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Aplastic Anemia ... Myeloproliferative Disease • Neutropenia ... blood count with differential ... #diagnosis #hematology ... #oncology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Hematologic malignancy ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... , neutropenia ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases