Normocytic Normochromic Anaemia
April 20th, 2020
Overview
Look For
- Reduced serum haemoglobin, haematocrit and red cell count
- Normal MCV (80 - 100fL)
- Normal MCH / MCHC
Causes of Normocytic Normochromic Anaemia
- Dilutional - excess fluid administration, pregnancy
- Acute haemorrhage
- Chronic kidney disease
- Anaemia of chronic disease (infection / inflammation / malignancy)
- Pure red cell aplasia - Diamond-Blackfan syndrome, drugs, lymphoma, CLL, parvovirus B19
- Bone marrow infiltration - myelofibrosis, bone marrow metastases
- Early megaloblastic anaemia
- Early iron deficiency anaemia
- Haemolytic anaemia
- Congenital sideroblastic anaemia
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