Bone Marrow Study is Still Gold Standard In Evaluation Of Peripheral Pancytopenia
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 1
Abstract
Pancytopenia is decrease in erythrocytes , total leucocytes and thrombocytes and it is a striking manifestation of many life threatening illness. The present study was done for a period of two years to know the incidence of age, sex and various causes of pancytopenia. Total 52 cases were studied with male prepondarence and youngest was 1 ½ year child and oldest 72 years. The commenest cause for pancytopenia was aplastic anaemia followed by megaloblastic anaemia. Whenerver the bone marrow comes as a dry tap trephine biopsy was conclusive for diagnosis.
Authors and Affiliations
Bora . Sreedhar, Bodhireddy Sridhar Reddy, B. V. Saiprasad, N. V. Rajesh Krishna, K. Divya Teja, B. Anuradha
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