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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

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Diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria has a minimal essential diagnostic criteria. The diagnostic test of choice is flow cytometry. The flow cytometry is used in order to reveal the GPI deficient RBCs.

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Minimal essential diagnostic criteria

  • Diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is based on the minimal essential diagnostic criteria. The main diagnostic test for this criteria is flow cytometry.[1]
  • The flow cytometry approach is used to reveal the deficiency of GPI anchor on the RBCs.
  • Other measures used in the diagnostic criteria include the folllowing:
  • Supporting tests are included also in order to detect the PNH category. Below tables conclude both supporting tests and categories of PNH.[2]
Category of PNH Characteristics
1- Classic PNH
2- PNH in the setting of another specified bone marrow disorder
  • Intravascular hemolysis evident
  • History of defined bone marrow abnormality
  • This category used to determine if the PNH is secondary to aplastic anemia or myelodysplastic syndrome
  • A chromosomal abnormality may be associated with myelodysplastic syndrome
3- Subclinical PNH
  • No evidence of hemolysis
  • Patients with subclinical PNH are detected by the flow cytometric analysis
  • Mostly associated with bone marrow failure
Supporting approaches
1- Obtaining the history of symptoms of hemoglobinuria, thromboembolic disease, dysphagia, and abdominal pain.

2- Identifying the proportion of the PNH I, PNH II, and PNH III erythrocytes by the flow cytometric analysis

3- Identifying the proportion of the GPI deficient blood cells

4- Serum Iron levels

5- Kidney function tests

6- Serum level of erythropoietin

7- Urine hemosiderin

8- HLA class identification

References

  1. Parker C, Omine M, Richards S, Nishimura J, Bessler M, Ware R; et al. (2005). "Diagnosis and management of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria". Blood. 106 (12): 3699–709. doi:10.1182/blood-2005-04-1717. PMC 1895106. PMID 16051736.
  2. Pu JJ, Brodsky RA (2011). "Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria from bench to bedside". Clin Transl Sci. 4 (3): 219–24. doi:10.1111/j.1752-8062.2011.00262.x. PMC 3128433. PMID 21707954.

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