Macrocytic anaemia in children: With a Report of Three Cases Showing Megaloblastic Erythropoiesis

Abstract

Anaemias characterized by a macrocytic peripheral blood picture may be divided on the basis of sternal puncture findings into two main groups ac- cording to whether the marrow picture is megaloblastic or normoblastic. A megaloblastic marrow picture, which is seen in its typical form in relapsed cases of Addisonian pernicious anaemia, may be recognized by the following features (see fig.