Question

A 40-year-old man presents with fatigue and easy bruising over several weeks. Examination reveals pallor and petechiae. Blood tests show haemoglobin 75 g/L, leukocytes 1.0 × 10⁹/L, platelets 25 × 10⁹/L, and circulating blasts on the peripheral smear. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Acute leukaemia

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Aplastic anaemia

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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

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Iron deficiency anaemia

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Immune thrombocytopenia

Practice question

A 40-year-old man presents with fatigue and easy bruising over several weeks. Examination reveals pallor and petechiae. Blood tests show haemoglobin 75 g/L, leukocytes 1.0 × 10⁹/L, platelets 25 × 10⁹/L, and circulating blasts on the peripheral smear. What is the most likely diagnosis?