Hematology — Flashcards

Localized T-cell lymphoma is treated by _____ while a disseminated disease requires chemotherapy.

The pentad of classical symptoms seen in _____ may be remembered using the mnemonic FAT RN: F: Fever (1/5 patients)A*: Anemia (Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia)T*: ThrombocytopeniaR: Renal symptoms (1/2 of patients)-More common in HUSN: Neurologic symptoms (2/3 of patients)-More common in TTP

Non-hereditary causes of non-megaloblastic macrocytic anemia include _____ disease and alcoholism and why?

What is the cause of hypercoagulable state in Cushing's syndrome?Increased _____ and decreased fibrinolysis

TTP and HUS typically present with _____ PT and normal PTT

IgM-mediated hemolytic anemia is commonly associated with _____ infection and infectious mononucleosis

Type _____ von Willebrand disease is associated with quantitative defects in von Willebrand factor (vWF)

Tumor lysis syndrome is most common with treatment of _____ and acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Patients with hereditary spherocytosis are at risk of _____ with parvovirus B19 infection of erythroid precursors

Major clinical manifestations of GVHD result from the involvement of the immune system and epithelia of the skin, _____, and intestine