78 year old Alcoholic With Anaemia

29 Oct 201729 Oct 2017

An 78 year old man presented with fatigue and breathlessness. Examination showed pallor. There was no icretus, clubbing, lymphadenopathy or hepatomegaly. There was mild splenomegaly. There was no history of haemoptysis,…

Anaemia with Thrombocytosis

8 Aug 20178 Aug 2017

A 49 year old woman presented with weakness and fatigability. On examination, other than pallor of the skin and mucosa there was no other finding.  A haemogram was done that…

Anaemia with Hyperbilirubinaemia

8 Jun 201610 Jun 2016

A 49-year-old female presented with dyspnoea on exertion of 1 month duration. Examination reviled pallor and icterus. There was no lymphadenopathy, clubbing, koilonychia, platonychia, petechiae or purpura. There was no oedema…

Why Blood Loss From Sites other than Gastrointestinal Tract Rarely Causes Iron Deficiency?

30 Mar 201630 Mar 2016

A 55 year old man presented with breathlessness on climbing stairs. He saw his family physician who found the patient to be pale. The patient was advised a complete haemogram.…

Case 2 – Thrombocytopenia Due to Large Platelets

3 Nov 20128 Mar 2013

A 52 year old patient presented with thrombocytopenia discovered on a haemogram performed about 2 years before presentation. The first haemogram performed as a part of a health checkup showed…

Case No 1 – Severe Microcytic Anaemia

1 Nov 20125 Nov 2012

A 17-year-old woman from a farming community presented with the history of severe weakness, fatigue and dyspnoea on moderate exertion. She was well till about 4 months before presentation when…