ALB and anemia: This was based on consistent clinicopathological findings including fever, weight loss, anorexia and vomiting, mild non‐regenerative anaemia (HCT: 30.2 %, normal range: 30.3–52.3 %; reticulocytes: 19 K/μl, normal range: 3–50 K/μl), hyperglobulinaemia (7.3 g/dl, normal range: 2.8–5.1 g/dl), low range albumin (2.5 g/dl, normal range: 2.3–3.9 g/dl) and decreased albumin/globulin ratio (0.3, normal range: 0.5–1.2).