Idiopathic aplastic anemia

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Antibodies

Bone marrow aspiration

Anemia - idiopathic aplastic

• Fatigue
• Pallor
• Shortness of breath with exercise
• Rapid heart rate
• Easy bruising
• Nose bleeds
• Bleeding gums
• Prolonged bleeding
• Frequent or severe infections
• Enlarged lymph nodes (rare)

• Low red blood cells count (anemia)
• Low white blood cell count
• Low reticulocyte count (reticulocytes are immature red blood cell)
• Low platelet count
• Bone marrow biopsy shows few blood cells

Review Date: 10/30/2006
Reviewed By: William Matsui, MD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.