Hematology

Megaloblasts and Dyserythropoiesis in Anemia During Pregnancy

Bone marrow morphology in severe mixed-origin anemia in a pregnant woman: megaloblasts, signs of dyserythropoiesis, and mitoses in the aspirate.

🩸 A 35-year-old woman, 24 weeks pregnant. Hemoglobin 75 g/L in blood test. Bone marrow aspirate images show dyserythropoiesis.

✅ Megaloblasts, cytoplasmic bridges, and various mitotic figures are present.

❗Diagnosis: Anemia of mixed origin. Chronic iron deficiency anemia, exacerbated by pregnancy. Vitamin B deficiency.

🙏 Publication kindly provided by laboratory physician Tanya Stepanova, Volgograd