A 60-year-old male patient diagnosed with prostate cancer, complaining of fatigue and bruising, his platelets were 40,000 and WBCs 3,000. Blood film shows large platelets and dysplastic cells. Which of the following is the cause of his thrombocytopenia?
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الإجابة: B. Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
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HEME-05 Platelet Disorders [Notes].pdf · p. 4
An older man with bicytopenia (platelets 40,000, WBC 3,000) and dysplastic cells on the film fits myelodysplastic syndrome. Dysplastic marrow precursors cannot mature properly, which produces cytopenias, and MDS is more common in the elderly.
- ITP causes isolated thrombocytopenia with normal WBC and no dysplasia.
- TTP needs MAHA with schistocytes.
- DIC is a consumptive coagulopathy in an acutely ill patient.
- المصدر
- HEME-05 Platelet Disorders [Notes].pdf · p. 4
Step Up To Medicine 6th, 2024 (high blood count).pdf · p. 9 - المحاضرة
- Thrombocytopenia · Hematology · Module C
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- MED42 Compre C