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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Algorithm Normal ... Target Cells, Normal ... WBCs - Normal ... - Abnormal Liver ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
with Normal Mean ... PRV, Chronic) Normal ... (MAHA) - Abnormal ... • Early Iron Deficiency ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Aplastic Anemia and Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes with Pancytopenia

Fanconi Anemia
Acquired Aplastic Anemia
Dyskeratosis Congenita & Telemore Biology
Marrow Failure Syndromes ... Telemore Biology Disorders ... Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome ... #Pancytopenia #Syndromes ... #diagnosis #Hematology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... RBC Production - Normal ... • RBC Membrane Disorder ... RBC Metabolism Disorder ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Anemia - Underproduction Diagnostic Algorithm
 - Iron deficiency anemia
 - Anemia of chronic inflammation
 - Anemia
Diagnostic Algorithm ... - Iron deficiency ... and/or folate deficiency ... Probable bone marrow disorder ... Underproduction #Algorithm #hematology
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
an inhibitor of normal ... Plasma → Recheck abnormal ... Mixing #Study #diagnosis ... #hematology #pathophysiology ... #hematology #laboratory
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... some patients) Normal ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hematology
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
and Differential Diagnosis ... - Abnormal morphology ... Pelger-Huet, Macrocytic anemia ... - Abnormal Proliferation ... #hematology #Markers
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
- Differential Diagnosis ... 80 fL) • Iron Deficiency ... Chronic Disease Normal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Destruction • Abnormal ... Sequestration Disordered ... Connective Tissue Disorders ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology