Pancytopenia

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Pancytopenia is not equivalent with bone marrow suppression. Pancytopenia is a lab finding that may related to either bone marrow suppression or peripheral sequestration/destruction. For details about bone marrow suppression click here.

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

Pancytopenia is the reduction in numbers of all three bone marrow cell types (RBCs + WBCs + platelets). It is not a disease, but rather a lab finding that may related to 1) bone marrow suppression caused by either insufficient production (aplastic anemia), inability of cells or mature (myelodysplasia), or replacement of normal bone marrow with fibrosis (myelofibrosis) or 2) peripheral sequestration/destruction that is not related to the bone marrow (e.g. splenomegaly or hypersplenism). HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is itself a cause for pancytopenia. Chemotherapy is associated with pancytopenia. Pancytopenia usually requires a bone marrow biopsy in order to distinguish among different causes.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic No underlying causes
Neurologic No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy No underlying causes
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous No underlying causes


Causes in Alphabetical Order

Causes by Pathophysiology

Bone Marrow Failure

Peripheral Sequestration/Destruction

Causes by Mode of Inheritance

Congenital

Acquired

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Das Makheja K, Kumar Maheshwari B, Arain S, Kumar S, Kumari S (2013). "The common causes leading to pancytopenia in patients presenting to tertiary care hospital". Pak J Med Sci. 29 (5): 1108–11. PMC 3858928. PMID 24353701.


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