A 25-year-old man suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis was found to have normocytic normochromic anemia. Serum iron and total iron binding (TIBC) levels were low, but serum ferritin was high normal
The bone marrow was normocellular, and the iron stores in the bone marrow were considered normal. Circulating red blood cells had a reduced life span. No response could be induced by erythropoietin. These findings were interpreted as evidence for which diagnosis?
A. iron deficiency anemia
B. anemia of chronic disease
C. myelodysplastic syndrome
D. aplastic anemia
E. thalassemia
B
Normocytic anemia associated with low serum iron and TIBC levels, normal or high ferritin, normocellular bone marrow, and normal stores of iron in the bone marrow is typical of anemia of chronic disease. Iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia are normocytic and normochromic. Normal bone marrow excludes the diagnosis of aplastic anemia, which also may be normocytic and normochromic. There is no evidence of myelodysplastic syndrome.
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