A 5-year-old with a recent viral illness presents with petechiae and a platelet count of 20x10^9/L but no significant bleeding. Which diagnosis is mos...

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A 5-year-old with a recent viral illness presents with petechiae and a platelet count of 20x10^9/L but no significant bleeding. Which diagnosis is most likely?

Accepted Answer

ITP (immune thrombocytopenic purpura)

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Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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DIC

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Haemophilia A

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von Willebrand disease

ukmla MCQ (SBA): Paediatrics

A 5-year-old with a recent viral illness presents with petechiae and a platelet count of 20x10^9/L but no significant bleeding. Which diagnosis is most likely?