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Pancytopenia Adult Patients At Baghdad Teaching Hospital | ||
| Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-448 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Khudair Abbas Al-Khalisi; Azher Sebieh Al-Zubaidy; Majid Rhaima | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: pancytopnia is a triad of findings caused by different diseases affecting bone marrow primarily or secondarily, causing manifestations of anemia, thrombocytopenia, and/ or leucopenia OBJECTIVE: To identify causes, and presenting symptoms of pancytopnia in patients attending Baghdad teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred and five patients, found on complete blood count having Pancytopenia were included, excluding patients that had been exposed to chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy RESULTS: Causes in decreasing frequency were acute leukemia (30.47%), aplastic anemia (17.14%), megaloblastic anemia (13.33%), NHL (14.47%), MDS (8.57%), PNH (4.76%), TB, SLE, HD (2.58%) for each, and kalazar, and MM and HCL (1.9%) for each. Manifestations were fatigability (67.6%), bleeding tendency (55.8%), and fever (48%). CONCLUSION: Incidence of Pancytopenia may vary according to geographical, and genetic factors, and depending on parameters, and criteria of inclusion and exclusion. Acute leukemia was found the most common cause, followed by megaloblastic anemia. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| pancytopenia; acute leukemia; aplastic anemia | ||
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