Mean single volume of erythrocytes

The mean individual erythrocyte volume (mean corpuscular / cell volume, MCV) indicates the mean cell size of the peripheral erythrocytes and is one of four values ​​used to classify anemia .

${\displaystyle MCV\ (fl)={\frac {{\text{Hämatokrit}}\ (Vol\%)}{100\cdot {\text{Erythrozyten}}\ (Mio./\mathrm {mm} ^{3})}}}$

The normal range is between 80 and 98 fl (= µm ³ = 10 ⁻⁹ µl).

<80	microcytic anemia ( iron deficiency , ACD , thalassemia , erythropoietic protoporphyria )
80-98	possibly normocytic anemia (ACD, kidney and liver diseases, hemolytic anemia , aplastic anemia )
> 98	macrocytic anemia ( pernicious anemia , megaloblastic anemia , alcoholism , chemotherapy of malignant tumors)

Megaloblastic anemia is when there is a vitamin B ₁₂ or folic acid deficiency . In hemolytic anemia, large and small cells can be present at the same time. Macrocytosis without anemia can also occur with alcoholism.

See also

• Medium corpuscular hemoglobin - MCH
• Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration - MCHC
• Erythrocyte Distribution Width - RDW

literature

• Gabriele Halwachs-Baumann: Laboratory Medicine: Clinic - Practice - Case Studies . Springer, 2006, ISBN 3-211-25291-6 , pp. 208 ff .

Web links

• Overview of the red cell indices

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hypochromic microcytic anemia. (No longer available online.) Imd-Berlin, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 7, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    

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