A 78-year-old man on hemodialysis presented to our hospital with erythrocytosis. He had started hemodialysis 4 years previously, with a hemoglobin level of 9.8 g/dL, and was administered erythropoiesis stimulating agents and ferrous sulfate. Two years previously, his hemoglobin level increased to 14.5 g/dL and the treatment for anemia was discontinued. He continued hemodialysis thrice weekly; h...

Hematologic evaluation via CBC—including automated analysis and manual blood smear evaluation—is routine for wellness health screening and diagnostic evaluation in clinically ill patients. Observed abnormalities typically indicate an underlying disease process; however, many breed-associated hematologic anomalies are not associated with clinical disease. These takeways are important to avoid mi...

At the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, we saw a 60-year-old white male with an 80-pack-year history of smoking, mild COPD, and stage IV adenocarcinoma of the lung (diagnosed 4 months prior to this presentation). He presented to the emergency room after 2 weeks of worsening dyspnea and cough productive of yellow sputum. His wife also reported that his face and neck had become swollen ov...

The aim of this study was to analyse the hematologic status in patients with recurrent oral ulceration (ROU). Twenty-three patients with ROU and 19 control subjects were examined consecutively for hematological abnormalities including serum folate, red cell folate and vitamin B12 levels. Their complete blood counts, hemoglobin typing, serum and red cell folate and serum vitamin B12 levels were ...

background: over the past decade, survival from advanced colorectal cancer is increasing. therefore patients have more exposure to chemotherapy and related toxicities. this study determines how hematologic toxicity patterns affect therapy and care. methods: from april 2010 to march 2013, we enrolled 127 patients with stages iib to iv colorectal cancer. patients underwent complete blood count mo...

Studies were done on 53 cats with community-acquired infection with the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) to determine if hematologic abnormalities were comparable with those observed in patients seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Nine cats were asymptomatic, 24 had clinical symptoms equivalent to AIDS-related complex (ARC), and 20 had AIDS-like disease. Hematologic abno...

We analyzed data from 388 subjects with Fanconi anemia reported to the International Fanconi Anemia Registry (IFAR). Of those, 332 developed hematologic abnormalities at a median age of 7 years (range, birth to 31 years). Actuarial risk of developing hematopoietic abnormalities was 98% (95% confidence interval, 93% to 99%) by 40 years of age. Common hematologic abnormalities were thrombocytopen...

AND MARIO STEFANINI, sI.D.t H EMATOLOGIC CHANGES following the subcutaneous injection of epinephrin were first described by Loeper and Crouzon in 1903.’ Leukocytosis of varying degrees after parenteral administration of epmephrin has since been regularly observed by all investigators.28 Epinephrin-induced leukocytosis appears to occur in two distinct phases: (1) an early phase, due mainly to an...

During recent years, the increasing knowledge of genetic and physiological changes in polycythemia vera (PV) and of different types of congenital erythrocytosis has led to fundamental changes in recommendations for the diagnostic approach to patients with erythrocytosis. Although widely accepted for adult patients this approach may not be appropriate with regard to children and adolescents affe...