HY USMLE Q #1142 – Heme

A 34-year-old woman is evaluated by the physician. Her vitals are normal. Laboratory studies are shown:

Hemoglobin                                                                         13 g/dL
Leukocytes                                                                            5,000/μL
Platelets                                                                                 145,000/μL
Bleeding time                                                                      8 minutes
Prothrombin time                                                            14 seconds
Partial thromboplastin time                                       37 seconds
Creatinine                                                                             1.2 mg/dL
Blood urea nitrogen                                                        19 mg/dL

Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

  Aplastic anemia
  Diamond-Blackfan anemia
  Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
  Normal findings
  Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

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