Pancytopenia
Last updated: Friday, 21, January, 2011
| Causes | Appropriate Tests |
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Review clinical findings. FBC, ANA, blood film, differential WCC. Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy if aetiology uncertain, or if confirmation required. | |
Bone marrow failure | |
Aplastic anaemia, especially | |
| Thiopurine methyltransferase. |
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Myelodysplasia | See Myelodysplastic syndromes - classification |
Bone marrow infiltration | |
Disseminated carcinoma | See also Leucoerythroblastic anaemia |
Miliary tuberculosis | See Tuberculosis |
Gaucher disease | Molecular genetics - genetic disorders. |
Niemann Pick disease | |
Ineffective haemopoiesis, especially | |
Myelodysplasia | See Myelodysplastic syndromes - classification |
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria | |
Hypersplenism | |
Immune | |
Drugs, especially
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