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A 3-year-old child has been brought to a hospital with complaints of pain in the legs, fever, and loss of appetite. Objectively: pale skin and mucosa, hemorrhagic rash. Lymph nodes are enlarged, painless, dense and elastic, not matted together. Bones, joints, and abdomen are painful. The liver and spleen are enlarged. Hemogram: Hb- 88 g/L, color index – 1.3, platelets - 80 × 109/L, leucocytes - 25.8 × 109/L, lymphoblasts – 70%, ESR 52 mm/hour. Make the provisional diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Hemorrhagic vasculitis (Henoch-Schonlein purpura)
  2. Thrombocytopenic purpura
  3. Acute rheumatic fever
  4. Acute leukemia
  5. Infectious mononucleosis
Correct answer

Acute leukemia

Explanation

A 3-year-old child has been brought to a hospital with complaints of pain in the legs, fever, and loss of appetite. Objectively: pale skin and mucosa, hemorrhagic rash. Lymph nodes are enlarged, painless, dense and elastic, not matted together. Bones, joints, and abdomen are painful. The liver and spleen are enlarged. Hemogram: Hb- 88 g/L, color index – 1.3. platelets – 80 – 109/L, leukocytes – 25.8. 109/L, lymphoblasts – 70%, ESR 52 mm/hour. Make the provisional diagnosis:

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