KROK 1 2008 – Question 18 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 20 year old patient complains of general weakness, dizziness, quick fatigability. Blood analysis results: Hb - 80 g/l. Microscopical examination results: erythrocytes are of modified form. This condition might be caused by:
- A. Sickle-cell anemia
- B. Obturative jaundice
- C. Acute intermittent porphyria
- D. Addison’s disease
- E. Hepatocellular jaundice
Hint
Low hemoglobin with deformed red cells in a young person points to a disorder of the red cell itself; ask which listed condition is primarily a blood disorder rather than a bile, liver, porphyrin or adrenal one.
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