Name: Obadah Ghannam

Theme: Causes of haemolytic anaemia

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia	I	Penecillin
B	Beta- Thalassemia minor	J	Sickle cell disease
C	Clostridium perfringens A	K	Systemic lupus erythematous
D	Cooley’s anaemia	L	Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
E	G6PD deficiency
F	Hereditary spherocytosis
G	Microangiopathic anaemia
H	Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A 4 year old boy feels tired and looks jaundiced hours after having eaten broad beans.

 

2. A 9 year old boy attends clinic feeling generally unwell. Blood tests reveal he is Coombs’ test positive.

 

3. A 11 year boy presents with tiredness, breathlessness and splenomegaly. The doctor tells him that removing the spleen will cure the anaemia.

 

4. A 5 year old girl presents to clinic with signs of anaemia and painful hands. Blood films shows abnormally shaped red cells.

 

5. A young child has been on blood transfusions and deferoxamine since birth.

 

 

ANSWERS

1. E

2. A

3. F

4. J

5. D