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Anemia. Kristine Krafts, M.D. Anemia Outline. Background facts about blood Anemia: general information Anemia: specific types. Anemia Outline. Background facts about blood. Normal blood cells. Complete Blood Count (CBC). Hematocrit. RBC. Hemoglobin. Complete Blood Count (CBC). MCV. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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AnemiaKristine Krafts, M.D.
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• Background facts about blood
• Anemia: general information
• Anemia: specific types
Anemia Outline
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• Background facts about blood
Anemia Outline
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Normal blood cells
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Complete Blood Count (CBC)
RBC Hemoglobin Hematocrit
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MCV MCHC
microcytic normocytic macrocytic normochromichypochromic
Complete Blood Count (CBC)
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Size variation
Additional Red Blood Cell Properties
Shape
anisocytosis poikilocytosis
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Normal red blood cells
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• Background facts about blood
• Anemia: general information
Anemia Outline
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An (without) -emia (blood):
a reduction below normal in hemoglobin or red blood cell number.
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Symptoms of Anemia
Pale skin, mucous membranesJaundice (if hemolytic)
TachycardiaBreathlessness
DizzinessFatigue
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• Background facts about blood
• Anemia: general information
• Anemia: specific types
Anemia Outline
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Lose blood
Destroy too much blood• Extracorpuscular reasons• Intracorpuscular reasons
Make too little blood• Too few building blocks• Too few erythroblasts• Not enough room
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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Lose blood
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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Anemia of Blood Loss
• Cause: traumatic, acute blood loss• At first, hemoglobin is normal!• After 2-3 days, see reticulocytes• Chronic blood loss is different
(it causes iron deficiency anemia).
Things you must know
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Reticulocytes
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Lose blood
Destroy too much blood• Extracorpuscular reasons• Intracorpuscular reasons
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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• Intracorpuscular vs. extracorpuscular
• Chronic vs. acute
• Signs of destruction: ↑ bilirubin, ↑ LDH, ↓ haptoglobin
• Signs of production: ↑ reticulocytes, nucleated red cells in blood
Hemolytic Anemias
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Reticulocytes (supravital stain)
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Lose blood
Destroy too much blood• Extracorpuscular reasons
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia
• Physical trauma to red cells• Schistocytes• Find out why!
Things You Must Know
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Red cells snagged on fibrin strand
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Schistocytes
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Triangulocyte
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• Artificial heart valve
• Malignancy
• Obstetric complications
• Sepsis
• Trauma
Causes of MAHA
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• Warm AIHA• IgG• Spleen• Spherocytes
• Cold AIHA• IgM, complement• Intravascular hemolysis• Agglutination
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Things You Must Know
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Warm AIHA
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Warm AIHA
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Warm AIHA
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Cold AIHA
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Cold AIHA
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patient red cells + AHG = agglutination
Direct antiglobulin test (DAT)
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Lose blood
Destroy too much blood• Extracorpuscular reasons• Intracorpuscular reasons
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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• Hemoglobinopathy (qualitative defect in hemoglobin)
• Single amino acid substitution in beta chain of hemoglobin
• Can be heterozygous or homozygous
• Sickle cells are nasty:• Fragile (burst easily)• Get stuck in vessels
Sickle Cell Anemia
Things You Must Know
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Hemoglobin
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Point mutation in chain gene
abnormal chains (substitution of valine for glutamate)
Hgb S
Aggregates and polymerizes on deoxygenation Red cell becomes sickle shaped
Sickles clog up vessels… …plus, they are fragile
Nasty!
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Sickle cell anemia
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Sickle cell anemia: foot lesion
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Sickle cell anemia: spleen
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Clinical Findings in Sickle Cell Anemia
• Blacks (8% are heterozygous)• Severity of disease is variable• Chronic hemolysis, vaso-occlusive disease,
and infections (autosplenectomy)• Treatment: prevent triggers, vaccinate,
transfuse
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Thalassemia
• Quantitative defect in hemoglobin
• Can’t make enough α or β chains
• Variable disease severity
• Hypochromic, microcytic anemia with increased RBC and target cells
Things You Must Know
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Hemoglobin chain development
birth
Hgb F = α2γ2 Hgb A2 = α2δ2 Hgb A = α2β2
α
δ
βγ
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Thalassemia
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Thalassemia: Medullary expansion
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Hereditary Spherocytosis
• Tons of spherocytes• Spectrin defect• Splenectomy is curative
Things You Must Know
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z
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Hereditary spherocytosis
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Splenomegaly in hereditary spherocytosis
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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• G6PD → peroxides → cell lysis• Oxidant exposure• Bite cells (removal of Heinz bodies)• Self-limiting
Things You Must Know
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• Some patients asymptomatic• Others have episodic hemolysis• Triggers: broad beans (favism),
drugs (antibiotics, aspirin)• Spontaneous resolution
Clinical Findings in G6PD Deficiency
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Child with G6PD deficiency: jaundiced sclera
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• They can’t reduce nasties• Nasties attack hemoglobin bonds• Heme breaks away from globin• Globin denatures, sticks to red cell
membrane (“Heinz body”)• Spleen bites out Heinz bodies
Why Do G6PD-Deficient Red Cells Die?
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G6PD deficiency: Heinz bodies
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G6PD deficiency: bite cells
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Lose blood
Destroy too much blood• Extracorpuscular reasons• Intracorpuscular reasons
Make too little blood• Too few building blocks
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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Iron-Deficiency Anemia
Things You Must Know
• Most important cause: GI bleeding • Microcytic, hypochromic anemia• Must find out why patient is iron deficient!
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Hemoglobin
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Iron-deficiency anemia
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Atrophic glossitis in iron-deficiency anemia
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Koilonychia in iron-deficiency anemia
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• Decreased iron intake• bad diet• bad absorption
• Increased iron loss• GI bleed• menses• hemorrhage
• Increased iron requirement• pregnancy
Causes of Iron Deficiency
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Anemia of Chronic Disease
• Infections, inflammation, malignancy• Iron metabolism disturbed• Normochromic, normocytic anemia• Anemia usually mild
Things You Must Know
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Megaloblastic Anemia
Things You Must Know
• Defective DNA synthesis• Nuclear/cytoplasmic asynchrony
• B12/folate
• Macrocytic anemia with oval macrocytes and hypersegmented neutrophils
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FH4
methylene FH4 FH2
methyl FH4
dUMP dTMP DNA
B12
Need B12 to make DNA!
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retarded DNA synthesis unimpaired RNA synthesis
BIG cells!
immature nucleusmature cytoplasm
Megaloblastic Anemia
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Megaloblastic anemia
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Megaloblastic anemia
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Atrophic glossitis in megaloblastic anemia
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homocysteine
homocysteine
endothelial damage
atherosclerosisthrombosis
What else is B12 good for?
methionine
methionine
myelin damage
subacute combined degeneration
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Lose blood
Destroy too much blood• Extracorpuscular reasons• Intracorpuscular reasons
Make too little blood• Too few building blocks• Too few erythroblasts
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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Aplastic Anemia
• Pancytopenia
• Empty marrow
• Most are idiopathic
Things You Must Know
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Blood smear in aplastic anemia
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Empty bone marrow in aplastic anemia
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Empty bone marrow in aplastic anemia
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• Idiopathic• Drugs• Viruses• Pregnancy• Fanconi anemia
Causes of Aplastic Anemia
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Lose blood
Destroy too much blood• Extracorpuscular reasons• Intracorpuscular reasons
Make too little blood• Too few building blocks• Too few erythroblasts• Not enough room
Three Ways to Get Anemic
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Bone marrow full of fibrosis