Hematopathology — Flashcards

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

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

_____ are pathologic RBCs that have a(n) increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)

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

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

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

Patients with hairy cell leukemia typically present with massive _____ due to expansion of the red pulp

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

CML is distinguished from a leukemoid reaction (benign neutrophilia) by a _____ leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) stain