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Haematology for Dental Students - RBC Disorders
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DS3102: Clinical Haematology Pathology of RBC disorders (anemia) Dr. Shashidhar Venkatesh Murthy A/Prof. & Head of Pathology Less More
RBC Hb + Enz Membrane Anemia Introduction: O2 in - CO2out “Anemia is, decreased red cell mass affecting tissue oxygenation” Low Hb* or Low HCT * Types: • Failure of production – Deficiency anemia (iron) • Excess destruction – Hemolytic anemia. (immune) What is ‘polycythemia’ ? ( RBC) What is spurious / false anemia? ( Plasma) 3
Normal Blood Film: RBC RBC Hb + Enz + Membrane WBC RBC WBC WBC
Anemia diagnosis: Plasma WBC & PLT 120 Haemoglobin – 150 - 140 ±25 g gm/L PCV / HCT Packed Cell Volume 45 PCV/HCT - 0.47 ±0.07, 0.42 ±0.05 % lit/lit (%) RBC count - 5.5 ±1, 4.8 ± 1 x1012/L Mean Cell Hb30 MCH - Hb/RBC - 30 ± 3 pg/RBC pg picogram (wt) • Average Hb in RBC Mean Cell Vol90 MCV - PCV/RBC 90 ±10 – fl fl femto litres (vol) 5
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Clinical Features of Anemia & their Pathogenesis.
Anemia: Clinical Presentation Extreme fatigue (tiredness) Decreased oxygen supply to tissues. Chest pain (only in severe anemia) Myocardial ischemia. 8
Anemia: Clinical Presentation RBC: Bring in O2, Take out CO2 Pale skin Less Hb / RBC Dizziness or lightheadedness Decreased oxygen supply to Brain. 9
Anemia Clinical Presentation: Shortness of breath, light headedness. Decreased O2, Increased Co2. Fast heart rate (tachycardia) Tissue hypoxia – Hypothalamus – sympathetic stimulation. 10
Epithelial damage: Brittle nails Fast dividing cells (epith) also need iron / nutrition Cytochrome enzymes Stomatitis, Glossitis, Esophagitis. 11
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Classification of Anemia: Pathogenesis Decreased Production: • Nutrient Deficiency. • Iron def., Megaloblastic (B12/Folate) • Stem cell Deficiency : • Anemia of chronic disorders (ACD). • Aplastic anemia – bone marrow defect. Increased loss / destruction: • Blood loss anemia – Acute / Chronic - bleeding. • Hemolytic anemia – Congenital / Acquired. • Acquired – Immune Haemolytic anemia (AIHA) • Congenital – Sickle, thalassemia etc. Top 5 Anemias 1. Iron Deficiency. 2. Megaloblastic. 3. An. of Chronic Dis. 4. Aplastic. 5. Haemolytic - AIHA 13
Anemia Pathogenesis: B12, Folate DNA: Megaloblastic Anemia BLAST Early Intermediate Late Retic. RBC Aplastic anemia Hemolytic anemia Immune Proerythroblast (Pronormoblast) Polychromatophilic Normoblast Reticulocyte Basophilic Normoblast Orthochromatophilic Normoblast Erythrocyte Iron Deficiency anemia Hb: Iron 14
Laboratory Diagnosis: Normal WBC Scattergram Neutrophil Neutrophil RBC Lymphocyte 15 RBC Histogram
Classification of Anemia: Top 5 Anemias 1. Iron Deficiency. 2. Megaloblastic. Decreased Production: • Nutrient Deficiency. • Iron def., Megaloblastic (B12/Folate) • Stem cell Deficiency : • Anemia of chronic disorders (ACD) – Iron transfer defect. • Aplastic anemia – bone marrow defect. Increased loss / destruction: • Blood loss anemia – Acute / Chronic - bleeding. • Hemolytic anemia – Congenital / Acquired. • Acquired / External RBC defect – Immune AIHA (Warm/Cold), Mechanical, Drugs & Parasites • Congenital / Internal RBC defect – E.g. Sickle cell anemia, Thalassemia. Most common anemias 16
Haemopoiesis in deficiency anemias Macrocytic, pancytopenia Megaloblastic Microcytic hypochromic Iron Deficiency Normal 17
Iron Deficiency - Megaloblastic Causes: • Bleeding, Nutrition, Increased needs. Pathogenesis: • Iron - Hb - MCV Morphology: • Microcytic, Hypochromic • Pencil cells. Clinical Features: • koilonychia, glossitis, stomatitis. Causes: • Nutrition, gastritis, intestinal disorders, Cancer therapy. Pathogenesis: • Abn. DNA* all cells. Morphology: • Macrocytic, Normochromic • Pancytopenia* Clinical Features: • Jaundice mild, glossitis, chelitis, stomatitis. 18
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Microcytic Anemia (IDA) Normal 20
Iron Deficiency Anemia: L 1.Microcytic, Hypochromic – excess cell division, low Hb. 2.Anisopoikilocytosis. – varying supply, abnormal hemopoiesis. 3.Pencil forms. - ? cause 21
Macrocytic Anemia (Meg.): H H N Normal 22
Megaloblastic Anemia: Megaloblastic Bone Marrow Normal Macrocyte Megaloblast Hypersegmented Neutrophils 1. Oval Macrocytes, Pancytopenia – Less cell division. 2. Anisopoikilocytosis – Ineffective hempoiesis, Hemolysis. 3. Hypersegmented neutrophils. - Megaloblasts (in marrow). 23
Anemia of Chronic Disease: Causes: • Chronic Infections, inflammations, malignancy & anemia of renal disease*. Pathogenesis: • Inflammatory mediators (IFN, TNF) block iron transfer from store to RBC • Also decrease erythropoietin prod. Morphology: • Mild Microcytic, Hypochromic. Clinical Features: • Mild anemia, resistant to iron… IDA ? IDA / ACD ACD 24
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Aplastic A: BM Failure: immune, drugs, cancer.. Stem cell damage • Drugs, Immune • Viral Infections. Dysplasia Normal BM Aplasia Leukemia Clinical Features: Anemia, Infections & Bleeding. 1. RBC - Anemia, 2. WBC - Leukopenia 3. PLT - Thrombocytopenia Normocytic Pancytopenia 26
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Mechanism & Types of Anemia : Decreased Production: • Nutrient Deficiency. • Iron, B12 / Folate • Hemopoietic cell defect: • Anemia of chronic disorders (ACD) – low erythropoietin. • Aplastic, Hypoplastic – Drugs, Disease, Destruction. • Dysplastic & Neoplastic proliferative anemias. Increased loss / destruction: • Blood loss anemia – bleeding, parasites, • Hemolytic anemia – Congenital / Acquired. • Acquired / External RBC defect – Immune (Warm/Cold), Mechanical, Drugs & Parasites • Congenital / Internal RBC defect – Defective Membrane (HS), Hb (Sickle, Thal) or Enzyme (G6PD) 28
Hemolytic anemia (acquired): COLD Causes: • Antibody to RBC – commonest (cold / warm) • Idiopathic, Drugs, infections, malaria, trauma. Pathogenesis: • Damage Hemolysis Jaundice. Morphology: • Spherocytes (warm) / RBC clumps (cold). Clinical Features: • anemia, Jaundice. Splenomegaly in chronic. • Diagnosis: Coomb’s test (detects Ab on RBC) WARM IgG IgM COLD WARM 29
Thalassemia Congenital Hemolytic An.: RBC Cell Mem. Enzymes Hemoglobin Hemolysis Jaundice • • • Clinical Features 1. Membrane Disorders • Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS) 2. Enzyme Deficiencies. • G6PD Def. 3. Hemoglobin Disorders • Globin deficiency: Thalassemia • Globin abnormal: Sickle cell an. 30
Reticulocyte: Immature RBC Spherocyte RNA network within RBC – stained by methylene blue. Reticulocyte Polychromatophil RBC Nucleated RBC (Bluish, Large, high MCV) Reticulocytes (Immature RBC) Increased RBC production Reticulocytosis Hemolytic anemia/bleeding 5-7 days 31
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Anemia Diagnosis:
Anemia Clinical Diagnosis MCV Microcytic Normocytic Macrocytic Measure Ferritin Measure B12 + folate Normal/high Low Low Normal Anemia of chronic disease/ Congenital Hb dis. Iron def Anemia Megaloblastic anemia Reticulocyte count Anemia of chronic disease Renal failure Marrow failure high low Hemolytic anemia or blood loss 34
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