CASE #1
A male patient, 56 years old was admitted to the hospitalfollowing complaints of severe gastrointestinal problems. Occultblood and CEA marker results both came back as positive. Thedoctors attending the patient needed to perform surgery (intestinalresection). Blood typing and crossmatch were required.
The blood typing results showed the following
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ABO Testing Results |
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Donor Red Cells with |
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Anti-A |
Anti-B |
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3+ |
2+ mf |
QUESTIONS:
1. Based on the results what is the blood type of thepatient?
2. Are the reactions in the ABO typing typical/unusual/ expectedto occur? Explain
3. How should the correct ABO blood type of the patient bedetermined?
4. What would be the most possible cause of the ABO discrepancyin this particular case?
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