Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)

Author:  Katherine Calvo, MD, PhD, 09/29/2015
Category: Bone marrow failure > Acquired Bone marrow failure > Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Published Date: 02/25/2016

28 year old male with pancytopenia (WBC  3.3 K/uL, Hb 7.8 g/dL, Plt 34 K/uL, ANC 1.40 K/uL, ARC 145 K/uL). 

PNH Peripheral blood

28 year old male with pancytopenia (WBC  3.3 K/uL, Hb 7.8 g/dL, Plt 34 K/uL, ANC 1.40 K/uL, ARC 145 K/uL). Peripheral blood shows pancytopenia matching his counts. 

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PNH Aspirate

Marrow aspirate showed erythroid hyperplasia with occasional nuclear budding consistent with stressed erythropoiesis. Differential:  1% blasts 18% myeloid, 62% erythroid, 15% lymphocytes, 1%  eosinophils, 2% monocytes, 1% plasma cells

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Marrow Core Biopsy

Bone marrow core biopsy is mildly hypercellular with erythroid hyperplasia, decreased megakaryocytes and myeloid precursors, and no increase in CD34 positive cells or blasts.

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Flow cytometry

Identification of large PNH clone by flow cytometry.

Granulocytes (red) in peripheral blood derived from PNH clone are

negative for GPI-linked proteins and FLAER.

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