Brief Answer:
Hi I would recommend a bone marrow studies if the count persists.

Detailed Answer:
Hi, I did review your concern.
Your neutrophils are a bit on the lower side. There is nothing much to worry now but if the counts persist or show a downfalling trend in the next blood test within 3 weeks time i would advice you to go for a bone marrow studies. Also if the hemoglobin or platelet counts are falling it is more needed for you to get a bone marrow study done.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can sometimes cause myelodysplasia and rarely leukemia. The therapy related myelodysplasia is generally seen 2-3 years post therapy but can early in some people. It needs to be identified by doing a bone marrow examination to look for irregular forms of blood cell precursors and needs to be treated with hypomethylating agents.
I hope this helps
Let me know if you have any more questions or concerns for me I will be more than happy to answer.
Wish you all the best and healthy life ahead.
Sincerely,
Dr Parth Desai

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Brief Answer:
Long term effects of chemotherapy can cause neutropenia.

Detailed Answer:
Hi I did review your follow up review.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced myelosuppression and resulting neutropenia generally occurs 4-8 days after chemotherapy and may persist for 6-7 weeks as the stem cells need time to recover.
In some patients this can go on for some more time. However, whenever we see patients who have prolonged chronic neutropenia after 7-9 months post last dose of chemotherapy or radiotherapy, we consider the possibility of therapy related myelodysplasia.
The exact cause of this effect is not yet known but it is thought to be related to improper functioning of stem cells of our bone marrow. These are then not able to differentiate nicely into neutrophils and monocytes or in some people in red cells and platelets. So the number goes down as well as there is some visible defect in their structure. In rare cases these stem cells may develop malignant tendencies on long run. so it is better to be cautious according to me and many other hematologist at an early stage and try to diagnose it as fast as possible. If the risk is moderate to high, there are few therapy options available like hypomethylating agents that can be tried but first a correct diagnosis is mandatory which requires bone marrow and peripheral blood examination by a expert hematopathologist. Also cytogenetic and molecular studies may help the hematopathologist.
Hence I would recommend you not to be scared but just get a blood report done again in 3 weeks and if they fall or do not improve go ahead and ask your doctor if he can move ahead with a bone marrow study for myelodysplasia, just to rule it out and be on the safe end.
I hope this helps.
Let me know if you have any more question or concern for me
Sincerely,
Dr Parth Desai

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Brief Answer:
Normal hemoglobin and platelets is a good sign

Detailed Answer:
Hi I did review your follow up question.
Normal hemoglobin and platelet counts are definately a very good sign. Also your improving lymphocyte counts are encouraging. But Persistent neutropenia and a falling total count without any recent chemotherapy or radiotherapy is to be considered on its own merit and we need to make sure that we identify its cause if it persists. Even if it is therapy related myelodysplasia, the stage at which it would at this moment would be low risk as your hemoglobin and platelets are doing fine.

As far as augmentin induced neutropenia is considered, there are only few extremely rare case reports in literature and it generally is not known to cause agranulocytosis(neutropenia).

I hope this helps.
let me know if you have any more questions or concerns
Wish you all the best my friend.
Sincerely,
Dr Parth Desai

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