Classification of anemia for gastroenterologists

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2009; 15(37): 4627-4637
Published online Oct 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4627

Table 1 Etiopathogenic classification of anemia

Regenerative anemia

Acute or chronic bleeding

Hemolytic anemia

Hereditary (hemoglobinopathy, enzymopathy, membrane-cytoskeletal defects)

Acquired (autoimmune, mechanical destruction, toxic-metabolic, drugs, infectious, PNH, hypersplenism)

Hypo-regenerative anemia

Bone marrow failure caused by stem cell pathology

Quantitative disorder

Selective: erythroblastopenia (pure red cell aplasia)

Global: aplastic anemia

Qualitative disorder (dysmyelopoiesis)

Inherited: hereditary dyserythropoiesis

Acquired: myelodysplasia

Bone marrow infiltration

Leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma

Solid tumors

Myelofibrosis

Thesaurismosis (Gaucher disease)

Inflammatory chronic diseases, microorganisms (Histoplasma, HIV)

Drugs, hypothyroidism, uremia

Erythropoietic factors deficiency

Iron

IDA

ACD

Cobalamin and folate

Megaloblastic anemia

Hormones: erythropoietin, thyroid hormones, androgens, steroids

PNH: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria; IDA: Iron-deficiency anemia; ACD: Anemia chronic disease.

Citation: Moreno Chulilla JA, Romero Colás MS, Gutiérrez Martín M. Classification of anemia for gastroenterologists. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(37): 4627-4637
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v15/i37/4627.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.15.4627