Microcytic
Iron deficiency anaemia
Iron deficiency a.
low ferritin
microcytic, hypo-chromic
Colonoscopy if unexplained anemia
Anaemia of chronic disease
normal/high ferritin
normocytic or microcytic
Aplastic anaemia
parvovirus b19
macrocytic
megaloblastic (b12/folate)
AML
bone marrow failure
hour rods
CML
Philadelphia chromosome
ALL
children
CLL
Very increased lymphocytes
smudge/smear cells
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
painless enlarging mass in neck
FLAWS
Non hodgkin’s
EBV - Burkitt’s lymphoma
Multiple Myeloma
Calcium high
renal failure
anaemia
bone pain
bence-jones proteins