Question

A 5-year-old girl presents with pallor and fatigue. Hb is 78 g/L, MCV 68 fL, ferritin is 6 µg/L, and she has a history of picky eating and heavy menses in her mother but not herself. There is no family history of haemoglobinopathy. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Iron deficiency anaemia

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Thalassaemia trait

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Anaemia of chronic disease

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Hereditary spherocytosis

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Acute leukaemia

Practice question

A 5-year-old girl presents with pallor and fatigue. Hb is 78 g/L, MCV 68 fL, ferritin is 6 µg/L, and she has a history of picky eating and heavy menses in her mother but not herself. There is no family history of haemoglobinopathy. What is the most likely diagnosis?