Hematopathology — Flashcards

_____ leukemia is a neoplastic proliferation of mature B cells characterized by hairy cytoplasmic processes

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

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

T-ALL is characterized by lymphoblasts (TdT+) that express markers ranging from CD-_____ to CD-8

_____ is diagnosed via blood smear with a characteristic 'Maltese cross' structure within cells

Lymphomas are _____ negative and Reticulin positive (stain)

Hint: stain

The most common translocation in gastric MALToma is _____

Hereditary spherocytosis most commonly involves defects in _____, spectrin, band 3, or protein 4.2

Anemia is classified as _____ if the MCV < 80 fL

_____ gene rearrangement is a bad prognostic marker for ALL