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Oct 18, 2022 · Introduction. Pancytopenia, a clinical-hematological entity, is a bone marrow disorder that is frequently encountered in clinical practice. It is more of a clinical manifestation due to a spectrum of diseases affecting the bone marrow and/or the white blood cells (WBCs), red blood cells (RBCs), as well as platelets, rather than just a disease entity [].
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Mar 19, 2019 · Introduction. Pancytopenia is the reduction of all three cellular elements of peripheral blood, leading to anemia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia, and it is a clinico-hematological entity commonly encountered in clinical practice as a feature of a myriad of diseases, ranging from non-malignant conditions, such as drug-induced pancytopenia, infections or nutritional deficiencies, to malignant ...
- César Jonathan Vargas-Carretero, Omar Eduardo Fernandez-Vargas, Ana Lucía Ron-Magaña, José Alejandro...
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Pancytopenia has a very broad differential diagnosis. Fortunately, for a 76-year-old woman with abnormal blood counts, the cause was easily treated. The patient presented to the Emergency Department of our hospital after 10 days of fever, malaise, and anorexia. Daily fevers had been as high as 38.9°C (102°F). She also reported an unintentional 4.5-kg (10-lb) weight loss over the preceding ...
- Anubodh Varshney, Ebrahim Barkoudah, Ebrahim Barkoudah
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May 31, 2022 · Pancytopenia refers to decreases in all peripheral blood lineages and is considered to be present when all three cell lines are below the normal reference range. Pancytopenia can be associated with a multitude of disease states, some of which are life threatening. A thoughtful history and physical examination along with focused laboratory ...
Apr 13, 2022 · Dr. Rebecca K. Leaf: This 80-year-old woman, in whom anemia and thrombocytopenia had been detected 1 year earlier, was admitted to another hospital with a 5-week history of fatigue and weight loss ...
Mar 5, 2012 · Pancytopenia is the deficiency of all 3 cellular elements of blood, resulting in anemia, leucopenia, and thrombocytopenia. Pancytopenia may arise due to a number of disease processes that vary according to population, age, nutritional status, and the prevalence of infections [ 1 ]. Pancytopenia is a common hematological condition of varied ...
The evaluation of a patient with pancytopenia requires a comprehensive approach and identifying the underlying cause can be challenging given the wide range of etiologies including drugs, autoimmune conditions, malignancies, infections, hemophagocytosis, and inheritable conditions. Recent advances in molecular hematology which include genomic ...
