Aim: To determine the frequency of non malignant hematological causes of pancytopenia. Bone marrow examination of 148 cases of suspected hematological disorders was carried out in a DHQ KDA Hospital, Kohat from Jan. 2011to Dec. 2013. Results: Among the non malignant hematological disorders, megaloblastic anemia was the most common disorder i.e., (18.2%) followed by aplastic anemia (8.8%), ITP (...

Deficiency of vitamin B12 and/or folic acid as a cause of pyrexia, though known, is rarely reported in literature. We aimed to report a case in a 51 year old woman, who presented with fever and pancytopenia and was diagnosed to have megaloblastic anemia secondary to vitamin B12 and folate deficiency. The pyrexia subsided following the intramuscular injection of vitamin B12 and oral folic acid a...

Anemia is one of the most common health problems in primary care setting. Macrocytosis adults defined as a red blood cell mean corpuscular volum >95 fL. Macrocytic anemias are generally classified into megaloblastic or non-megaloblastic anemia. Retrospective descriptive study included 340 samples myelogram received Hematology Labortory belonging to patients admitted Military hospital Avicenn...

By CiIAnLI s M. HUGULEY, Jn., JAMES A. BAIN, SHIRLEY L. RIVERS AND ROBERT B. ScoGcINs T HE MAJORITY of anemias associated with a megalohiastic hone marrow respond to vitamin B,2 parenterally. Those which do not respond usually fall into well defined categories of nutritional deficiency, intestinal malahsorption syndromes, pernicious anemia of pregnancy, megaloblastic anemia of infancy or reacti...

This study was carried to identify the causes of pancytopenia and to find out the bone marrow morphology in cases of pancytopenia. It was a cross sectional study conducted over a period of two years in the Department of Pathology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. Bone marrow aspiration smears of patients fulfilling the criteria of pancytopenia were examined. The data obtained were analyz...