Question 1
A 28-year-old woman from KwaZulu-Natal presents with fatigue and microcytic hypochromic anaemia. Ferritin is 4 µg/L, serum iron low, and TIBC elevated. What is the most likely underlying cause in the South African primary care setting?
Correct Answer:
Iron deficiency anaemia
Question 2
A newborn at a Johannesburg academic hospital develops jaundice within 24 hours of birth. Mother is blood group O Rh-positive; baby is group A Rh-positive with a strongly positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT). What is the most likely diagnosis?
Correct Answer:
ABO haemolytic disease of the newborn
Question 3
Which haemoglobin variant is most prevalent among individuals of African ancestry in South Africa and confers partial protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria?
Correct Answer:
Haemoglobin S (HbS)
Question 4
A patient with known sickle cell disease (HbSS) from Limpopo presents during the dry winter months with acute chest pain, fever, and new pulmonary infiltrates. What is the most appropriate immediate management priority?
Correct Answer:
Exchange transfusion and supportive care including oxygen
Question 5
Peripheral blood film shows macro-ovalocytes, hypersegmented neutrophils, and low serum vitamin B12. In a South African patient with prior partial gastrectomy, what is the most likely mechanism?
Correct Answer:
Impaired intrinsic factor-mediated B12 absorption
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