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25th July 2024
A 32-year-old female presented 2 weeks ago with recurrent fevers, worsening fatigue
A 32-year-old female presented 2 weeks ago with recurrent fevers, worsening fatigue and easy bruising and subsequently was diagnosed with aplastic anaemia following her bone marrow biopsy. She has a past medical history of hypothyroidism and hypercholesterolaemia and is on levothyroxine and simvastatin. She works as a teacher and lives alone in a third floor flat. Her blood tests are as follows:
| Hb (115 – 165 g/L) | 75 g/L |
| Neutrophils (1.8 – 7.5 x 10⁹/L) | 0.2 x10⁹/L |
| Platelets (140 – 400 x10⁹/L) | 32 x10⁹/L |
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