Neuro-Hematology

Neuro-hematology is study of the variations in the composition of the blood occurring in diseases of the nervous system.
A wide spectrum of hematologic disorders causes the central and peripheral nervous system. These disorders include like

  • Porphyria
  • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndromes
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Plasma cell dyscrasias
  • Monoclonal gammopathy
  • Primary systemic amyloidosis
  • Primary systemic amyloidosis
  • Waldonstrom’s macroglobulinemia
  • Myeloproliferative syndromes
  • Cryoglobulinemia, and polycythemia vera

Some, like porphyria, cause both central and peripheral nervous system manifestations containing sensory/motor peripheral neuropathy, dysautonomia, pain, seizures, and abdominal pain.
Others such as sickle cell disease primarily affect the brain and cause both clinically apparent strokes associated with a vasculopathy of large intracranial blood vessels, as well as a smaller amount obvious micro strokes that cause progressive cognitive decline if not treated. 

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