MM260608: Iron deficiency anaemia
When iron stores are depleted, the bone marrow lacks the essential building blocks required to synthesise haemoglobin, leading to a highly characteristic sequential change in red cell morphology.
When iron stores are depleted, the bone marrow lacks the essential building blocks required to synthesise haemoglobin, leading to a highly characteristic sequential change in red cell morphology.
The case underlines how multiple comorbidities can converge to produce complex red cell morphology.