single cell type you will find on the blood film.
a. Macrocytes
b. Microcytes
c. Granulocytes wthout blast cells
d. Blast cells
answer: A
in absence of glossitis, koilonychia unlikely IDA...........so vit b12 deficiency
DD angular stomatitis
- oral cadidiasis
- contact allergy
- atopic or seborrhoeic dermatitis
- vitamin B deficiencies
- iron deficiency (with glossitis)
causes of microcytic anemia: TAILS
Thalassemia
Anemia of chronic disease
Iron def anemia
Lead poisoning
Sideroblastic anemia
causes of normocytic anemia: ABC-H
acute blood loss
bone marrow failure
chronic disease
hemolysis
causes of macrocytic anemia: ABCDEF
alcoholism(liver disease)
b12 deficiency
compensatory reticulocytosis
drugs: azathioprine, cytotoxic, myeloDysplasia
Endocrine: hypothyroidism
Folate deficiency/fetus(pregnancy)
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