Table 2.
Peripheral findings compared with BM pathologic changes (*)
| Blood | Bone marrow | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erythroid suppression, myeloid and or megakaryocyte dysplasia | |||||||||||
| Ap | Hc | Li | Co-i | Tot | Ap | Hc | Li | Co-i | Tot | ||
| N/10 (%) | N/33 (%) | N/13 (%) | N/27 (%) | N/83 (%) | N/10 (%) | N/33 (%) | N/13 (%) | N/27 (%) | N/83 (%) | ||
| Normal CBC | 0 (0) | 1 (3.0) | 3 (23.1) | 1 (3.7) | 5 (6.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.0) | 3 (23.1)a | 0 (0)a | 4 (4.8) | |
| WBC increase in the differential count | 2 (20) | 14 (42.4) | 1 (7.8) | 6 (22.2) | 23 (27.7) | 2 (20) | 12 (36.4)b | 0 (0)b | 4 (14.8) | 18 (21.7) | |
| Cytopenia | Anemia | 3 (30) | 10 (30.3) | 6 (46.2) | 15 (55.5) | 34 (41.0) | 3 (30) | 14 (42.4) | 7 (53.8) | 16 (59.2) | 40 (48.2) |
| Thrombocytopenia | 0 (0) | 4 (12.1) | 1 (7.8) | 1 (3.7) | 6 (7.2) | ||||||
| Bicytopenia | Anemia/Thrombocytopenia | 1 (10) | 4 (12.1) | 0 (0) | 3 (11.1) | 8 (9.6) | 2 (20) | 4 (12.1) | 2 (15.4) | 4 (14.8) | 12 (14.4) |
| Anemia/Neutropenia | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 2 (15.4) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (4.8) | ||||||
| Pancytopenia | 3 (30)Cd | 0 (0)C | 0 (0) | 0 (0)d | 3 (3.6) | 3 (30)Ef | 0 (0)E | 0 (0) | 0 (0)f | 3 (3.6) | |
| Total | 10 (100) | 30 (93.9) | 12 (92.3) | 24(88.92) | 77 (92.8) | ||||||
(*) significant differences are marked by equal letters (lowercase = p < 0.05; uppercase = p < 0.01).