Sunday, 9 May 2010

Bone Marrow Failure

Marrow Failure
=
Pancytopenia i.e.
Anaemia
Leucopenia

Thrombocytopenia

2 types
- Hypocellular (empty)
- Infiltrated (competes with normal marrow & normal haemopoetic cells)

Hypocellular
Aplastic Anaemia
Myelodysplasia (can be cellular)
CTx
RTx

Infiltrated
2ry causes (lung/prostate/breast/thyroid/kidney)
Acute leukaemias
Lymphomas
Myeloma

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