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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Red blood cells
Red blood cell
Red blood cells (also referred to as erythrocytes) are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism's principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the body tissues via the blood flow through the circulatory system. They take up oxygen in the lungs or gills and release it while squeezing through the body's capillaries. These cells' cytoplasm is rich in hemoglobin, an iron-containing biomolecule that can bind oxygen and is responsible for the blood's red color. In humans, mature red blood cells are flexible biconcave disks that lack a cell nucleus and most organelles...
Red blood cells - List of case studies
- MDS – Myelodysplastic Syndrome
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Blood Condition short_summary: ... injections (Procrit, Aranesp, Epogen) may help support the red blood cells . Sometimes this is given with G-CSF (Neupogen) if the ...
- Pancytopenia of uncertain pathogenesis
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for pancytopenia of unknown etiology, which required blood transfusions. Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy showed a hypocellular bone ... regular (every 4 days) need for transfusion support for red blood cells and platelets. In order to obtain a better clinical ...
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
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In December 2007 the patient suffered from red spots appearance in various places on my body , biopsy procedure carried ... as SWEAT. Low dosage of cortisone was given. Blood cell reveled low count of white and red cell. The ...
- PANCYTOPENIA OF UNKNOWN PATHOGENESIS
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for pancytopenia of unknown etiology, which required blood transfusions. Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy showed a hypocellular ... need for transfusion support for red blood cells and platelets . In order to obtain a better ...
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), with kariotype del(11)q(11)
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his already severe weakness. Following are two complete blood count tests from 2007 and 2009: 2007 2009 ... ( Procrit, Aranesp, Epogen ) may help support the red blood cells. Sometimes this is given with G-CSF (Neupogen) if the ...
- Motor Neuropathy
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The CSF is abnormal with increase in the white blood cells and protein, not explained by the small number of red blood cells from traumatic tap. I also noted the serological abnormalities ...
- Portosystemic Encephalopathy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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: Esophageal varices FI blue, without any red signs. • August, 2008 Hospitalization in hepatology ward carrying ... (though now patient also has splenomegaly impacting blood counts). He was diagnosed in December 2008 with HCC and underwent TACE ...
- Acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation
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good general condition, free from chest pain and dyspnoea, blood pressure 105/50 mmHg, pulse 90 bpm. An echocardiogram was performed which ... detailed below: Blood tests on admission: Red blood cells 4.6 million, haemoglobin 13.2 g/dl, haematocrit 39%, platelets ...
- Neuroroendocrine neoplasia with hepatic secondary lesions
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significant progression of the disease. Blood test: basically good results. Only slightly altered are alkaline ... 6 5.5 6.2 Red blood cells 3.5-6.0 4.07 4.07 ...
- Neuroroendocrine neoplasia with hepatic secondary lesions_2
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- Blood test: basically good results. Only slightly altered are alkaline ... 5.5 6.2 Red blood cells 3.5-6.0 4.07 4.07 ...