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Scots schoolboy diagnosed with bone marrow failure after bruising knee when he fell off his bike

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healthy schoolboy was diagnosed with life-threatening bone marrow failure after he bruised his knee in a fall from his bike.

Doctors say Cory Prosser’s condition could have proved fatal if left untreated. They were shocked to discover other bruises - or haematomas - on his chest and elsewhere and have now put him on the waiting list for a bone marrow transplant.

He'd showed no signs of any illness until he fell off his bike less than two weeks ago. Within hours of the fall his mother Paula, from Elgin, Moray, rushed him to A&E after his knee turned black, prompting concerns he may have broken a bone.

However, she was shocked to discover his chest covered in previously hidden bruises and marks when they arrived at Dr Gray’s Hospital.

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