Anemias of Chronic Disorders
Introduction
Anemias caused by chronic diseases (chronic infection, chronic
non-infectius inflammation, malignancies, chronic kidney and
hepatic diseases).
Clinical signs
Normocytic normochromic anemia.
Histology
- Peripheral blood: normochromic normocytic or
hypochromic microcytic anemia, no significant
anisocytosis or polychromasia.
- Bone marrow: normocellular or only slightly
hypocellular with normal or slightly decreased normoblastic erythropoiesis.
Stainable stromal iron is significantly increased, the number of sideroblasts is
decreased or there are none at all.