Cases in Haematology

Part I: Clinical Cases

Section I Benign Haematology

Case 1 Iron deficiency anaemia

Case 2 Thalassaemia

Case 3 B12 deficiency

Case 4 Pancytopenia

Case 5 Sickle cell

Case 6 Polycythaemia

Case 7 Hyposplenism

Case 8 Haemophilia A

Case 9 von Willebrand's disease

Case 10 Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)

Case 11 Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

Case 12 Haemolysis

Case 13 Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

Case 14 Patient on warfarin

Case 15 Patient on direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC)

Case 16 Haemochromatosis

Case 17 Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)

Case 18 Pulmonary embolism (PE)

Case 19 Arterial thrombus

Section II Transfusion Medicine

Case 20 Massive haemorrhage

Case 21 Post partum haemorrhage

Case 22 Transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO)

Case 23 Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)

Case 24 Non haemolytic transfusion reaction

Case 25 Haemolytic transfusion reaction- Acute

Case 26 Haemolytic transfusion reaction -Chronic

Section III Malignant Haematology

Case 27 Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)

Case 28 Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

Case 29 Acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APML)

Case 30 Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)

Case 31 Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)

Case 32 Essential thrombocytosis (ET)

Case 33 Polycythaemia ruba vera (PRV)

Case 34 Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF)

Case 35 Plasma Cell Myeloma (MM)

Case 36 Pathological fracture

Case 37 Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)

Case 38 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

Case 39 Neutropenic sepsis

Case 40 Superior Vena Cava (SVC) obstruction

Case 41 Myelodysplasia (MDS)

Section IV Laboratory Haematology Science

Case 42 Platelet clumping

Case 43 Cold agglutinins

Case 44 Cryoglobulins

Case 45 Methaemoglobin

Case 46 Methotrexate blocking folate

Case 47 G6PD and the pentose pathway

Part II: Additional Test Yourself Questions and Answers

Additional Test Yourself Questions

Answers

Index