Hematopathology — MCQs

A 23-year-old woman presents with cervical and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Biopsy of a cervical lymph node reveals a nodular appearance with fibrous bands, effacement of the lymph node architecture, and numerous lacunar cells. Which of the following is true regarding this disorder?

Warm antibody hemolytic anemia is seen in all of the following except?

Pancytopenia with a cellular marrow is seen in all except?

A 52-year-old man presents with fatigue. Physical examination is normal, but his hemoglobin is low at 8.9 mg/dL. The reticulocyte count is 0.5%, serum iron and TIBC are normal, and ferritin is elevated. A bone marrow aspirate reveals erythroid precursors with accumulated abnormal amounts of mitochondrial iron. For this patient with hypochromic microcytic anemia, what is the most likely diagnosis?

Histologic sections from a rapidly enlarged cervical lymph node in a 35-year-old female reveal a diffuse, monotonous proliferation of small, noncleaved lymphocytes, which are forming a "starry sky" appearance because numerous tingible-body macrophages are present. A touch prep reveals that many of these cells have cytoplasmic vacuoles. Which stain would most likely react with these cytoplasmic vacuoles?

Punctate basophilia is characteristically seen in which condition?

Sideroblasts are seen in which of the following conditions?

In a-thalassemia, what is the underlying molecular defect regarding globin chain production?

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is associated with malignancy of which cell lineage?

Which of the following immunophenotypic markers is characteristic of mantle cell lymphoma?