Glandular fever and pulmonary artery thrombosis in a paraplegic patient, who had undergone splenectomy for splenic trauma sustained along with spinal cord injury: misdiagnosed initially as urine infection and later as lymphoma when CT scan revealed enlarged lymph nodes: a case report

Table 1 Results of full blood counts

Date 2008	18/08	19/08	21/08	22/08	30/08	06/09
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	16.4	16.1	15.8	15.0	15.2	15.8
White cell count ×10⁹/L (4.0 – 11.0)	21.2	17.7	22.2	26.4	10.0	6.8
Platelets x10⁹/L	366	331	279	322	433	615
Neutrophils x10⁹/L (2.00 – 7.50)	4.96	4.37	5.42	3.87	2.39	1.52
Lymphocytes ×10⁹/L (1.00 – 4.00).	13.05	10.54	13.03	18.13	6.32	4.15
Monocytes ×10⁹/L (0.20 – 0.80).	0.83	0.65	0.88	0.84	0.59	0.72
Eosinophils ×10⁹/L (0.03 – 0.40).	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.07
Basophils ×10⁹/L (0.00 – 0.12).	0.35	0.27	0.39	0.59	0.12	0.10