Hemolytic Anemia Mimicking Megaloblastic Anemia

Megaloblastic erythropoiesis in acquired hemolytic anemia.

Idiopathic myelofibrosis mimicking hemolytic anemia

Correspondence: Dr. Reetu Baral, MD Department of pathology, KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: [email protected] Idiopathic Myelofibrosis is an infrequent chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by varying degrees of bone marrow fibrosis and extra medullary hematopoiesis, with the fibrosis being a reactive phenomenon to a neoplastic proliferation of a pluripotent hemato...

Megaloblastic Anemia in Pregnancy

MegalobJastic Anemia in Pregnancy Megaloblastic Anemia is one of The Rather Common Diseases of Pregnant Women Caused by Folic acid Defi­ciency The Disease Might Be Hazardous To affected Mo­thers and also Could be Fatal for foetus too.  Megaloblastic Pregnant Women Will have Signs and Symptoms of This Disease mostly after 29th. Week of pregnancy.  Adequate amount of Folate Will prevent Compli...

Megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy: characteristics of pure megaloblastic anemia and megaloblastic anemia associated with iron deficiency.

LTHOUGH megaboblastic anemia of pregnancy is considered mainly as a folic acid deficiency anemia, since this vitamin induces remission in most cases, its mechanism of production is still obscure. Dietary deficiency has been claimed to be the principal cause. However, this anemia has been observed in well-to-do women whose diet was satisfactory. Some other factors such as gastrointestinal upset,...

Drug-Induced Megaloblastic Anemia.

More than 50 years ago, Victor Herbert first described the concept that defective nucleoprotein synthesis, attributable to various causes, results in the development of megaloblastic anemia.1 Megaloblastic anemia is characterized by the presence of a hypercellular marrow with large, abnormal hematopoietic progenitor cells with a characteristic finely stippled, lacy nuclear chromatin pattern. Th...