Hematopathology — Flashcards

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

_____ anemia is associated with ringed sideroblasts, in which iron-laden mitochondria form a ring around the nucleus of erythroid precursors

_____ T-cells (ballerina skirt cells) are atypical CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells seen on a blood smear of Epstein-Barr Virus

Ig_____-mediated immune hemolytic anemia usually causes extravascular hemolysis

_____ -blasts are usually characterized by positive cytoplasmic staining for myeloperoxidase (MPO)

Lymphomas are _____ negative and Reticulin positive (stain)

Hint: stain

Disorders of fibrinolysis typically present with _____ PT and increased PTT

RBCs stored in _____ can be kept until 21 days

The _____ subtype of Hodgkin lymphoma typically presents as an enlarging cervical or mediastinal lymph node in a female

Hereditary _____ is diagnosed by the osmotic fragility test