Haematology: Clinical Cases Uncovered, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgements.

How to use this book.

Part 1 Basics.

Basic science.

Approach to the patient.

Part 2 Cases.

Case 1 A 35-year-old tired woman.

Case 2 A 50-year-old tanned man with diabetes mellitus.

Case 3 A 65-year-old cranky woman with jaundice.

Case 4 A 25-year-old man with weight loss and diarrhoea.

Case 5 A 30-year-old man with abdominal pain and jaundice.

Case 6 A 70-year-old man who was no longer able to take his dog for a walk.

Case 7 A 35-year-old man with shortness of breath and anaemia.

Case 8 A 19-year-old woman with thalassaemia.

Case 9 A 17-year-old boy with a sore throat and bleeding gums.

Case 10 A 33-year-old football player who was dropped from the team.

Case 11 A 62-year-old man who cannot button his shirt collar.

Case 12 A 40-year-old man with fatigue and a sore throat.

Case 13 A 58-year-old farmer with a broken rib.

Case 14 An 18-year-old medical student who complained of bone pain following alcohol ingestion and a swelling on the right side of her neck.

Case 15 A 53-year-old woman with discomfort under her left arm.

Case 16 A 65-year-old red-faced man with a 'smoker's cough'.

Case 17 A 28-year-old woman who suddenly started bruising.

Case 18 Delivery of a newborn baby boy that went wrong.

Case 19 A 26-year-old woman with chest pain following a long aeroplane journey.

Case 20 A 27-year-old woman afraid to receive a blood transfusion.

Case 21 A 35-year-old woman with an elevated platelet count.

Case 22 A 68-year-old man with a headache and confusion.

Case 23 A 10-year-old boy with a fever.

Part 3 Self-assessment.

MCQs.

EMQs.

SAQs.

Answers.

Appendix: Normal laboratory values and CD table.

Glossary.

Index of cases by diagnosis.

Index.