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Anemia, Sideroblastic

Marie L Borum, MD, EdD, MPH and Andrew F Boylan, MD Reviewed 06/2022
 


BASICS

DESCRIPTION

  • Sideroblastic anemia (SA) is a disorder of iron utilization in the erythroblast resulting in ineffective erythropoiesis and variable systemic iron overload leading to anemia. It is c...

DIAGNOSIS

SA should be considered in the differential diagnosis for moderate to severe anemia after more common causes have been excluded. Begin by ruling out reversible causes of SA and then pursue a...

TREATMENT

GENERAL MEASURES

Treatment is largely supportive and removal of causative factors, such as alcohol, drugs, or toxins, will reverse acquired SA (2)[A]. 

MEDICATION

First Line

ONGOING CARE

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Patient Monitoring

  • Annual ferritin and transferrin saturation to monitor for iron overload (2)[A]

  • Patients given pyridoxine should be followed for response to trea...

REFERENCES

1
Bottomley  SS, Fleming  MD. Sideroblastic anemia: diagnosis and management. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am.  2014; 28(4): 653– 670.  [View A...

ADDITIONAL READING

  • Cuijpers  ML, van Spronsen  DJ, Muus  P, et al. Need for early recognition and therapeutic guidelines of congenital sideroblastic anaemia. Int J Hemato...

SEE ALSO

Algorithm: Anemia 

CODES

ICD10

  • D64.3 Other sideroblastic anemias

  • D64.0 Hereditary sideroblastic anemia

  • D64.1 Secondary sideroblastic anemia due to disease

  • D64.2 Secondary sideroblastic anemia due to drugs and toxins

SNOMED

  • 41...

CLINICAL PEARLS

  • SA results from inability to incorporate iron during heme synthesis in the mitochondria, leading to microcytic anemia and sideroblasts in the bone marrow.

  • Multiple inherited forms are l...

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