Hematopathology — Flashcards

Shift of the osmotic fragility curve to the _____ indicates hereditary spherocytosis

_____ ring seen in erythrocytes on peripheral blood smear, is considered as a remnant of microtubules during cell division.

DIC typically presents with _____ PT and increased PTT

_____ -thalassemia is usually due to gene deletions

_____ body is a drumstick shaped mass of chromatin hanging down from neutrophil nuclei

Hodgkin lymphoma has a bimodal distribution: common in _____ and adults > 55 years

Nodular lymphocyte predominant subtype of Hodgkin's is CD15 _____ve, CD30 -ve, CD20 +ve, BCL6 +ve and EMA +ve

Bleeding time is normally between _____ and 7 minutes

Shift of the osmotic fragility curve to the _____ indicates thalassemia

_____ is a systemic overactivation of macrophages and cytotoxic T cells that leads to fever, pancytopenia and hepatosplenomegaly.