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Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Neutrophils - Low RBC ... Folate • ... Dietary Deficiency ... and Folate Deficiency
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
and Vitamin Deficiency ... • Thiamine B1 ... paraesthesiae • Folate ... B12 - Anaemia, ... #Deficiency #differential
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology
Microcytic RBC: Pyridoxine deficiency, Thalassemia, Iron deficiency anemia, Chronic disease anemia (sometimes),
) Morphology Microcytic ... (sometimes) Macrocytic ... RBC: Vitamin B12 ... or Folate deficiency ... #Morphology #differential
Algorithmic Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework by MCV

Microcytic (MCV < 80) "TAILS":
 • Thalassemia
- Differential ... Spherocytosis, G6PD, PK, HbC ... Infections Macrocytic ... Megaloblastic: Folate ... deficiency, B12
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
evaluation of macrocytic ... (RBC = red blood ... B12 deficiency ... deficiency. ... #Folate #FolicAcid
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
MCV - >96fL - "Macrocytic ... Megaloblastic: Vitamin ... B12 deficiency, ... Folate deficiency ... morphologic #mcv #differential
Approach to Hypoproliferative Macrocytic Anemia

 • 812, Folate Deficiency
 • MDS+
 • Hypothyroid
 • Liver Disease
Hypoproliferative Macrocytic ... Anemia812 ... , Folate Deficiency ... MatthewHoMD #Macrocytic ... #Anemia #differential
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential ... Reticulocytes • Iron Deficiency ... • B12/Folate ... Deficiency • Aplastic ... Classification #Approach #Differential
Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphology Atlas
 • Microcytic - Iron-deficiency anemia, Thalassemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Lead poisoning
Red Blood Cell (RBC ... Lead poisoning • Macrocytic ... Post-splenectomy, Vitamin ... coagulopathy (DIC) #RBC ... key #diagnosis #differential
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
cardiomyopathy) • Folate ... - Macrocytic anemia ... • Vitamin B12 ... - Macrocytic anemia ... nutrition #table #differential