Macrocytosis occurs when your red blood cells (RBCs) are larger than normal and not functioning as they should. Macrocytosis is also called megalocytosis or macrocythemia. Macrocytosis is usually ...

Copper deficiency is a disease that causes cytopaenia and neuropathy and can be treated by copper supplementation. Long-term tube feeding, long-term total parenteral nutrition, intestinal resection ...

In light of her fevers, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia, the hematology-oncology service was consulted. A bone marrow aspiration was performed; the bone marrow smear examination and ...

usually >9 µm in diameter Macrocytic anemia, classification of anemia denoting impaired RBC production and large fragile RBCs. Most commonly results from nutritional deficiency (folic acid and ...

To date, this phenomenon has not been described in the context of chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy. In this case report, we describe a patient who developed severe pancytopenia 18 ...

July 25, 2024 — In a rigorous medical records study covering tens of thousands of patients, researchers conclude that some patients with preoperative anemia have better outcomes if they get iron ...

Sometimes, people with iron deficiency anemia don't respond to treatment with iron supplementation and may go months to years with little to no improvement in anemia. This can happen if the dose is ...

Thalassemia is an inherited blood condition. When you have it, your body has fewer red blood cells and less of a protein called hemoglobin than it should. Hemoglobin is important because it lets ...

The disease gets its name because when you have SCD, your red blood cells look like a sickle, which is a C-shaped farm tool. Normal red blood cells are round and pliable. With sickle cell ...

A patient with clinical scurvy, macrocytic anemia, a low serum folic acid activity and a slightly elevated urinary formiminoglutamic acid excretion manifested a megaloblastic bone marrow and a ...

Hemoglobinopathies like beta thalassemia The symptoms of low MCH include: High MCH is seen in people with macrocytic anemia or large red blood cells. These are associated with deficiency of ...