Aplastic anaemia

Summary

  • Pancytopenia, most often idiopathic.
  • May present with sequelae of neutropenia (infections), anaemia (fatigue, pallor, dyspnoea, tachycardia), or thrombocytopenia (bleeding, bruising).
  • Laboratory findings may include leukopenia, neutropenia, anaemia, and thrombocytopenia. Bone marrow biopsy shows hypocellular marrow without abnormal cells.
  • Treatment is immunosuppressive therapy or haematopoetic stem cell transplantation.
Last updated: Jan 28, 2013
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