TY - JOUR ID - TI - Pancytopenia Adult Patients At Baghdad Teaching Hospital AU - Khudair Abbas Al-Khalisi AU - Azher Sebieh Al-Zubaidy AU - Majid Rhaima*** PY - 2011 VL - 10 IS - 4 SP - 441 EP - 448 JO - Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal المجلة العراقية للاختصاصات الطبية SN - 83601608 98932708 AB - ABSTRACT:BACKGROUND:pancytopnia is a triad of findings caused by different diseases affecting bone marrow primarily or secondarily, causing manifestations of anemia, thrombocytopenia, and/ or leucopeniaOBJECTIVE:To identify causes, and presenting symptoms of pancytopnia in patients attending Baghdad teaching hospital.PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred and five patients, found on complete blood count having Pancytopenia were included, excluding patients that had been exposed to chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapyRESULTS:Causes in decreasing frequency were acute leukemia (30.47%), aplastic anemia (17.14%), megaloblastic anemia (13.33%), NHL (14.47%), MDS (8.57%), PNH (4.76%), TB, SLE, HD (2.58%) for each, and kalazar, and MM and HCL (1.9%) for each.Manifestations were fatigability (67.6%), bleeding tendency (55.8%), and fever (48%).CONCLUSION:Incidence of Pancytopenia may vary according to geographical, and genetic factors, and depending on parameters, and criteria of inclusion and exclusion. Acute leukemia was found the most common cause, followed by megaloblastic anemia.

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