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Hematology. Pancytopenia is a medical condition in which there is significant reduction in the number of almost all blood cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, monocytes, lymphocytes, etc.). If only two parameters from the complete blood count are low, the term bicytopenia can be used. The diagnostic approach is the same as for ...
Leukopenia – a deficiency of white blood cells, or leukocytes [1] Neutropenia – a type of leukopenia, with a specific deficiency in neutrophils [2] Thrombocytopenia – a deficiency of platelets. Pancytopenia – when all three types of blood cells; red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, are all deficient.
Reticulocytopenia is the medical term for an abnormal decrease in circulating red blood cell precursors (reticulocytes) that can lead to anemia due to resulting low red blood cell (erythrocyte) production. [1] Reticulocytopenia may be an isolated finding or it may not be associated with abnormalities in other hematopoietic cell lineages such as ...
TA-GvHD. Specialty. Hematology. Transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease (TA-GvHD) is a rare complication of blood transfusion, in which the immunologically competent donor T lymphocytes mount an immune response against the recipient's lymphoid tissue. [1] These donor lymphocytes engraft, recognize recipient cells as foreign and mount ...
Hematology, immunology. In hematology, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), also known as haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (British spelling), and hemophagocytic or haemophagocytic syndrome, [ 1 ] is an uncommon hematologic disorder seen more often in children than in adults. It is a life-threatening disease of severe hyperinflammation ...
Anemia of inflammation. Anemia of inflammatory response. Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) [1][2] or anemia of chronic inflammation[3] is a form of anemia seen in chronic infection, chronic immune activation, and malignancy. These conditions all produce elevation of interleukin-6, which stimulates hepcidin production and release from the liver.
A macrocytic class of anemia is an anemia (defined as blood with an insufficient concentration of hemoglobin) in which the red blood cells (erythrocytes) are larger than their normal volume. The normal erythrocyte volume in humans is about 80 to 100 femtoliters (fL= 10 −15 L). In metric terms the size is given in equivalent cubic micrometers ...
Lansoprazole. Lansoprazole, sold under the brand name Prevacid among others, is a medication which reduces stomach acid. [4] It is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), used to treat peptic ulcer disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and Zollinger–Ellison syndrome. [5] Its effectiveness is similar to that of other PPIs. [6]