Zusammenfassung der Ressource
bone marrow failure syndromes
- bone marrow failure aka aplastic anaemia
- rare
- reduction/absence
of all 3 main
lineages in bone
marrow
- -> peripheral
blood
pancytopenia
- inherited or acquired
- acquired
- viruses
(esp
hepatitis)
- drugs
- sulphonamides
- chemotherapy
- toxins
- benzene
- glue
- idiopathic
- partial or complete
- may start as failure of a
single lineage but progress
to develop all 3 cell lines
- clinical presentation
- anaemia
- due to reduced RBC nos
- infection
- due to reduced
WBC nos (esp
neutrophils)
- bruising & bleeding
- due to thrombocytopenia
- inherited aplastic anaemia
- all rare disorders
- Fanconi anaemia
- commonest
inherited
form of
aplastic
anaemia
- autosomal
recessive
inheritance
- most kids
have
congenital
anomalies
- short
stature
- abnormal radii & thumbs
- renal
malformations
- microphthalmia
- pigmented skin
lesions
- px
- 1 or more
anomalies
- signs
of bone
marrow
failure
- aren't
usually
obv til
5-6 years
old
- neonates w/ Fanconi anaemia
- normal
blood
count
- diag by showing
increased chromosomal
breakage of peripheral
blood lymphocytes
- this test can be
used to ID
affected family
members or
prenatal diag
- affected kids @ high risk of death from
- bone marrow failure
- transformation to acute leukaemia
- recommended Rx
- bone marrow transplantation using normal
donor marrow from an unaffected sibling or
matched unrelated marrow donor
- Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
- rare
- autosomal
recessive
inheritance
- bone marrow failure +
- signs of
pancreatic
exocrine
failure
- signs of skeletal abnormalities
- caused by
mutations in
SBDS gene
- can be used for
IDing unusual cases
or prenatal diag
- commonest
haematological
problems
- isolated neutropenia
- mild pancytopenia
- increased risk of
transforming to
acute leukaemia