MACROCYTOSIS WITH NORMOBLASTIC ERYTHROPOEISIS

(MACRONORMOBLASTIC BLOOD PICTURE)

reticulocytosis:

physiological [pregnancy / neonatal period]

following bleed or haemolysis

haematological disorders:

aplastic anaemia and pure red cell aplasia

sideroblastic anaemia / myelodysplastic syndromes

multiple myeloma and its variants

other:

hypothyroidism

hepatic cirrhosis / liver disease / alcoholism

hypoxia

cytotoxic drugs

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