Anemia: Hyperproliferative (Increased Reticulocyte Count)
Blood Loss
Hypersplenism
Hemolytic Anemia
Hereditary
Membrane abnormalities
Hereditary spherocytosis
Hereditary elliptocytosis
Hereditary stomatocytosis
Acanthocytosis (abetalipoproteinemia)
Others
Enzyme deficiencies
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Pyruvate kinase
Others
Hemoglobinopathies
Qualitative
Sickle cell anemia
Hemoglobin C disease
Unstable hemoglobin disease
Others
Unbalanced chain synthesis
Thalassemias
Acquired
Nonimmune
Traumatic
Prosthetic valves and other cardiac abnormalities
March hemoglobinuria
Burns
Ionizing irradiation
Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Vasculitis
Malignant hypertension
Infectious agents
Malaria
Clostridium perfringens
Bartonella
Babesiosis
Others
Chemical agents
Naphthalene
Arsine
Copper
Chlorates
Venoms
Distilled water (intravenous)
Others
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Hypophosphatemia
“Spur cell” anemia (liver disease)
Immune
Warm antibody mediated
Incompatible blood transfusion
Hemolytic disease of newborn
Idiopathic
Secondary
Infectious
Viral [e.g., Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus
(CMV)]
Collagen-vascular disorders
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Rheumatoid arthritis
Malignancy
Lymphoproliferative disorders
Solid tumors
Other
Sarcoidosis
Inflammatory bowel disease
Drugs (many)
Cold antibody mediated
Idiopathic
Secondary
Infectious
Viral (e.g., Epstein-Barr virus)
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Malignancy
Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
References
1. Lee GR: Introduction to the Hemolytic Anemias, p. 1109. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Beutler E: Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, p. 564. See Bibliography, 2.
3. Packman CH, Leddy JP: Acquired Hemolytic Anemia due to Warm-Reacting Autoantibodies; Cryopathic Hemolytic Syndromes; Drug Related Immunologic Injury of Erythrocytes, pp. 677, 685, 691. See Bibliography, 2.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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