Teaching Cases - American Society of Hematology


About ASH \| Patients \| Media \| Make a Gift \| Corporate Supporters

E-Mail This Page | Print This Page

Find a Hematologist
Hematology Library
	Blood Image Bank Education Program Book ASH-SAP Abstract Search

Teaching Cases

Childhood Acute Leukemia – James Harper, MD
Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

I. History	II. Physical Exam	III. Laboratory Data	IV. Pathophysiology
V. Differential Diagnosis	VI. Prognosis/Clinical Course	VII. Teaching Points	VIII. Bibliography

III. LABORATORY DATA

The results from the CBC on admission are as follows:

Test Patient Result Normal Range

Hemoglobin 8.9 g/dL 10.3-14.9g/dL

Hematocrit 26.9% 33-44%

MCV 86.8 fL 73-91 fL

MCH 29.7 pg 29.5-36 pg

MCHC 33.1g/dL 29-36

RDW 15.8% 12-14

WBC 5.2 x 10³/µL 4.8-10.8

Platelets 12,000 150-400,000

Based on the red blood cell indices, how would you classify the boy’s anemia?

	Macrocytic
	Microcytic hypochromic
	Normocytic normochromic

Have a question or comment about the ASH Teaching Cases? Please e-mail webmaster@hematology.org.