Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Normocytic anemia
HP:0001897
What it means
A kind of anemia in which the volume of the red blood cells is normal.
In normocytic anemia, the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is within normal limits (80-100 fl in adults).
Rare diseases that can present with this14
Common30–79%
9- Acquired idiopathic sideroblastic anemia
- Acute adrenal insufficiency
- Addison disease
- IgG4-related retroperitoneal fibrosis
- Late-onset isolated ACTH deficiency
- Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations
- Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
- Systemic mastocytosis with associated hematologic neoplasm
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia
Sometimes5–29%
4The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Normocytic anaemia
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