A 32-year-old woman presents with petechiae and easy bruising. Platelet count is 12 × 10⁹/L, haemoglobin and white cell count are normal, and peripher...

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A 32-year-old woman presents with petechiae and easy bruising. Platelet count is 12 × 10⁹/L, haemoglobin and white cell count are normal, and peripheral smear shows isolated thrombocytopenia without schistocytes. There is no splenomegaly. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)

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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)

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Acute leukaemia

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Hypersplenism

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Immune thrombocytopenia

A 32-year-old woman presents with petechiae and easy bruising. Platelet count is 12 × 10⁹/L, haemoglobin and white cell count are normal, and peripheral smear shows isolated thrombocytopenia without schistocytes. There is no splenomegaly. What is the most likely diagnosis?