Etiological causes of pancytopenia: A report of 137 cases

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the etiological causes of pancytopenia in patients who were admitted to the hematology ward due to pancytopenia. Materials and Methods: All patients who were admitted to the hematology ward of Ministry of Health Istanbul Training and Research Hospital...

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Autores principales:	Osman Yokus, Habip Gedik
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016
Materias:	chronic liver disease myelodysplastic syndrome pancytopenia vitamin b12 deficiency Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:051c9c89e68941038ca47f088b5935372021-12-02T16:24:58ZEtiological causes of pancytopenia: A report of 137 cases2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.191447https://doaj.org/article/051c9c89e68941038ca47f088b5935372016-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.191447https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the etiological causes of pancytopenia in patients who were admitted to the hematology ward due to pancytopenia. Materials and Methods: All patients who were admitted to the hematology ward of Ministry of Health Istanbul Training and Research Hospital due to pancytopenia between 2013 and 2015 were retrospectively evaluated regarding etiological causes. Results: A total of 137 patients was evaluated. The etiological causes of pancytopenia were recorded as Vitamin B12 deficiency (n: 24; 17%), chronic liver disease (n: 21; 15%), malignancy (n: 19; 13%), myelodysplastic syndrome (n: 18; 13%), aplastic anemia (n: 11; 8%), rheumatic diseases (n: 7; 5%), and endocrine causes (n: 3; 2%). Conclusion: The etiological causes of pancytopenia vary depends on patients′ age, gender, country, and other conditions. Vitamin B12 deficiency is the most common treatable cause of pancytopenia. Most of the etiological causes could be diagnosed with laboratory analysis and radiological imagings, without the need of a bone marrow examination.Osman YokusHabip GedikThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlechronic liver diseasemyelodysplastic syndromepancytopeniavitamin b12 deficiencyMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 06, Iss 04, Pp 109-112 (2016)
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topic	chronic liver disease myelodysplastic syndrome pancytopenia vitamin b12 deficiency Medicine R
spellingShingle	chronic liver disease myelodysplastic syndrome pancytopenia vitamin b12 deficiency Medicine R Osman Yokus Habip Gedik Etiological causes of pancytopenia: A report of 137 cases
description	Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the etiological causes of pancytopenia in patients who were admitted to the hematology ward due to pancytopenia. Materials and Methods: All patients who were admitted to the hematology ward of Ministry of Health Istanbul Training and Research Hospital due to pancytopenia between 2013 and 2015 were retrospectively evaluated regarding etiological causes. Results: A total of 137 patients was evaluated. The etiological causes of pancytopenia were recorded as Vitamin B12 deficiency (n: 24; 17%), chronic liver disease (n: 21; 15%), malignancy (n: 19; 13%), myelodysplastic syndrome (n: 18; 13%), aplastic anemia (n: 11; 8%), rheumatic diseases (n: 7; 5%), and endocrine causes (n: 3; 2%). Conclusion: The etiological causes of pancytopenia vary depends on patients′ age, gender, country, and other conditions. Vitamin B12 deficiency is the most common treatable cause of pancytopenia. Most of the etiological causes could be diagnosed with laboratory analysis and radiological imagings, without the need of a bone marrow examination.
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title	Etiological causes of pancytopenia: A report of 137 cases
title_short	Etiological causes of pancytopenia: A report of 137 cases
title_full	Etiological causes of pancytopenia: A report of 137 cases
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Etiological causes of pancytopenia: A report of 137 cases

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