Hematopathology — Flashcards

_____ is an anemia due to decreased synthesis of globin chains

Acute leukemia is subdivided into _____ or AML based on the phenotype of the blasts

Apart form AML, Auer rods are also seen in _____ syndromes (RAEB-2), and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

Blood smear of a patient with hemoglobin C disease may show _____ cells and/or HbC crystals within RBCs

Myeloblasts may have crystal aggregates of _____, which are seen on blood smear as Auer rods

DIC is associated with decreased factors _____ and VIII, which helps distinguish it from vitamin K deficiency

_____ syndromes may be associated with a Pseudo-Pelger-Huet anomaly, which are neutrophils with bilobed nuclei

_____ is associated with defect at the level of the multipotent hematopoetic stem cell.

Hint: Type of SCID

Large granular lymphocytic leukemia can have a _____-cell or an NK-cell variant

Left shifts are usually seen with neutrophilia in the acute response to _____ or tissue necrosis