Case Report
Blinding Bilateral Hyperviscosity Retinopathy in a 43-Year-Old Nigerian Male with Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma: A Case Report and Management Challenges
Table 1
The results of initial blood investigations.
| | Indices | Patient value | Reference value |
| | Blood indices | | WBC | | 4–11 × 109/L | | PCV | 15% | 35–52% | | MCV | 78 fL | 78–94 fL | | MCH | 25 pg | 25–33 pg | | MCHC | 33 g/dL | 31–37 g/dL | | RDW | 19.3% | 11.6–14.0% | | Platelets | 198 × 109/L | 100–450 × 109/L | | ESR | >145 mm/hr | 0–20 mm/hr |
| | Serum electrolytes, urea and creatinine | | Na+ | 131 mmol/L | 135–150 mmol/L | | Bicarbonate | 22 mmol/L | 20–30 mmol/L | | Creatinine | 150 mol/L | 50–106 mol/L |
| | Liver function test | | Alkaline phosphatase | 3 iu/L | ≤129 iu/L | | Random blood sugar | 8.1 mmol/L | Fasting Blood Sugar −3.9–7.0 mmol/L | | Serum cholesterol | 1.6 mmol/L | <5.0 mmol/L | | INR (PT) | 1.42 | 0.9–1.3 |
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