Pancytopenia- an etiological profile

Abstract

Pancytopenia is the deficiency of all 3 cellular elements of blood, resulting in anemia, leucopenia, and thrombocytopenia. Pancytopenia may arise due to a number of disease processes that vary according to population, age, nutritional status, and the prevalence of infections [1]. Pancytopenia is a common hematological condition of varied etiology; however, only a few studies on pancytopenia from the northeastern region of India have been published [2].We analyzed the clinical details, hematological profile, and bone marrow findings in 80 patients that fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for pancytopenia between January 2007 and December 2009 in order to discern its etiology. The results of ancillary tests performed to confirm the etiology were also recorded The frequency of symptoms