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Maria Stella Graziani

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Martina Zaninotto

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Giuseppe Agosta

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Chiara Riva
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ISSN print: 0393 – 0564
ISSN digital: 0392- 7091



BC: Articoli scritti da F. Centis

Il significato clinico degli eritroblasti: un insolito esordio di anemia refrattaria con eccesso di blasti di tipo 2
The clinical relevance of nucleated red blood cells: an unusual onset of refractory anaemia with excess blasts
<p>Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) in adult peripheral blood (PB) are often a signal of severe haemopoietic stress.&nbsp;Refractory anaemia with excess blasts (RAEB) is a myelodysplastic syndrome characterized by ineffective&nbsp;hemopoiesis and diserytropoiesis; two categories of RAEB (1-2) are recognized, defined by the amount of blasts in the&nbsp;bone marrow (BM) and in PB. We describe an unusual onset of RAEB-2 in a patient with asthenia, weigh loss and&nbsp;fatigue. The automated blood cells analysis and optical microscopic PB smear revision showed severe anemia, mild&nbsp;trombocytopenia, blasts, NRBCs and dysplasia. After definitive diagnosis (RAEB-2) and one year of appropriate&nbsp;treatment, the patient shows normalized haematological values with just some optical microscopic hints of dysplasia.&nbsp;NRBCs play a pivotal role to trigger the diagnostic process and are useful in the follow-up. We highlight the role of&nbsp;automated haematology analysers with improved features in NRBCs analysis.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 39(4) e4-e6
Casi clinici - Case report