Macrocytosis

Emmanuel C. Besa, MD

Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

This case was reviewed and updated in March 2013 by Dr. Howard A. Liebman and members of the Teaching Cases Subcommittee.

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.

IV. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

What differential diagnosis should be considered in this case? Consider each of the following and click on the most likely options.

High turnover of red blood cells (RBCs)
Liver disease
Medications
Megaloblastic cause, usually with anemia
Non-megaloblastic causes, usually with pancytopenia
Transfusion changes

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