Causes of Pancytopenia

Number of Cases

Hypersplenism

Congestive splenomegaly

45

Malaria

15

Tropical splenomegaly

3

Thalassemia

1

Hodgkin’s disease

1

Idiopathic

8

Total

73 (29.2%)

Infections

AIDS

30

Septicemia

14

Enteric fever

9

Tuberculosis

8

Viral hepatitis

3

Total

64 (25.6%)

Myelosuppressants

Carcinoma

18

Leukemia

7

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL)

5

Hodgkin’s disease

2

Others

10

Total

42 (16.8%)

Megaloblastosis

33 (13.2%)

Hypoplastic/aplastic anemia

12 (4.8%)

Leukemia

7 (2.8%)

Lymphoma

2 (0.8%)

Plasma cell dyscrasia (PCD)

2 (0.8%)

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

1 (0.4%)

Miscellaneous

14 (5.6%)

Grand total

250 (100%)