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Mystery Dx: macrocytosis without anemia

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Nov 28, 2023 | Replies (6)

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@sueinmn

@msrenitad Welcome to Mayo Connect, a community of patients and caregivers who share our medical journeys and try to help one another along the way.

Every day we see someone like you, with a new and interesting question. This was a new one to me - so I put on my trusty "research nerd" hat and went looking. Most of what I found tells me this is not a "primary" health condition that has a specific treatment - rather it is usually a sign that some organ (usually the liver) has issues that need a further look.
Here is a brand new article from the National Institutes of Health that seems to provide a lot of information and references to other articles.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585137/
The good news is that this condition seems to be very treatable by identifying the underlying condition and dealing with it.
Do you have a follow-up appointment with your hematologist, or possibly a referral to someone more familiar with this condition?
Sue

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Hi Sue and thank you for responding and giving me additional information. I do have a follow up appointment in October. I don’t have any issues with my liver and thats the piece they don’t understand. The hematologist did say that whatever the issue is I was born this way.