Table 3.

A table summarizing the investigations done and the disease entities excluded while evaluating this patient with pancytopenia and chronic liver disease

Diseases excluded	Presentation and investigations for exclusion
Visceral leishmaniasis	Negative LD bodies, rk-39 ELISA
Dengue	Negative NS1 IgG and IgM antibodies
Hepatitis B and C	Negative anti-HBC Ab and HbsAg
HIV	Negative anti-HIV Ab
Celiac disease	No GI complaints and negative anti-TTG Ab
Systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis	No skin rash, joint complaints, and negative ANA
EBV	Negative anti-EBV VCA
HSV	Negative serology and no skin lesions
Malaria	Negative peripheral blood smears
Tuberculosis	Negative sputum, urine and blood AFB, negative tuberculin skin test, and no chest X-ray findings
CMV	Negative PP65
Malignancy	Negative blood smear, ascitic tap transudative with normal cytology, negative lymph node biopsy, CT abdomen revealed no signs of malignancy
Scrub typhus	Negative Weil-Felix and immunochromatographic tests, no rash
Leptospirosis	Negative IgM serology or macro agglutination test
Parvo virus B19	Negative IgM serology
Wilson disease	Normal serum ceruloplasmin, negative liver biopsy, and normal slit lamp examination
Hemochromatosis	Negative liver biopsy, no other endocrine, or skin symptoms
Autoimmune hepatitis	Negative antismooth muscle antibodies, negative liver biopsy
Glycogen storage disorders	Negative liver biopsy