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A 22-year-old vegetarian patient with signs of malnutrition consulted a doctor about smell and taste distortion, angular stomatitis. Objectively: marked blue sclerae. The patient was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. What is the dominating clinical syndrome?

Answer options

  1. Haemolytic
  2. Haemologic
  3. Anaemic
  4. Myelodysplastic
  5. Sideropenic
Correct answer

Sideropenic

Explanation

A 22-year-old vegetarian patient with signs of malnutrition consulted a doctor about smell and taste distortion, angular stomatitis. Objectively: marked blue sclerae. The patient was diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. What is the dominating clinical syndrome?Sideropenic is Iron deficiency in the blood. In the Given question, the patient is diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia.

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