Pancytopenia - A Physician’s Perspective
Journal Title: Chettinad Health City Medical Journal - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Pancytopenia is a one of the challenging disorder to the treating physician due to its diverse etiologies. It may be due to bone marrow failure syndromes, malignancies, infections or side effect of drugs, and it is also noted in hypersplenism. These patients may present without any symptoms and diagnosed during routine blood investiga- tions or may present with symptoms of thrombocytopenia, anemia and leucopenia. The workup for pancytopenia is often quite extensive and includes a detailed clinical history, meticulous physical examination, and appropriate laboratory investigations in relation to the clinical scenario. Bone marrow examination helps to find out the under- lying condition causing pancytopenia. Treatment of the pancytopenia includes supportive care for infections, bleeding and symptomatic anemia until the patient receives definite and/or curative treatment which depends upon the etiology.
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Dr Mayilananthi K, Sarah P, Ramprasath A
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