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1
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What is anisocytosis?

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a medical term meaning that a patient’s red blood cells are of unequal size

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What is poikilocytosis?

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Abnormally shaped RBCs

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3
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What does normocytic mean?

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Normal size of RBCs

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4
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What is the range of RBC volume?

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80-100 fL

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5
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What does macrocytic mean?

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Larger than average size of RBCs

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6
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What are the three main etiologies of anemia?

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Blood loss
Impaired production
Impaired destruction

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7
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What does MCV measure?

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Mean corpuscular volume (how large the RBCs are)

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8
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What is the normal % of lymphocytes?

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25-50%

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9
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What is the normal % of monocytes?

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2-12%

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10
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What is the normal % of eosinophils?

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0-5%

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What is the normal range of WBCs?

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4-11

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12
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What is the normal range of RBCs?

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4.5-6

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13
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What is the normal platelet count?

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150-400

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14
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What is the normal % of neutrophils?

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50-74%

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15
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What is the normal % of basophils?

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0-2%

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16
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What does the reticulocyte count asses?

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Assess the erythropioetic activity

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17
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What does ESR help to distinguish?

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Active vs non-active disease

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18
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What is the final resort if you cannot determine the cause of an anemia?

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Bone marrow exam

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19
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What is the normal percentage of reticulocytes?

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0.5% -1.5%

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20
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What is the formula for the corrected reticulocyte count if there is anemia?

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(HCT/45)*retic count

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21
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How do you distinguish between retriculocytes and mature RBCs?

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Stain for RNA

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22
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What is the most common reason for anemia?

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Fe deficiency

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23
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What is a chronic disease that causes anemia? Is this mico or macrocytic?

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renal failure

Microcytic

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24
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Are thalessemias micro or marcocytic anemias?

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Micro

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25
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Does Fe deficiency anemia present as micro or marcocytic?

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Micro

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What is siderblastic anemia? Is it micro or macrocytic?

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a form of anemia in which the bone marrow produces ringed sideroblasts rather than healthy red blood cells (erythrocytes).[1] It may be caused either by a genetic disorder or indirectly as part of myelodysplastic syndrome,[2] which can evolve into hematological malignancies (especially acute myelogenous leukemia)

Micocytic

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27
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What are the three major tests for microcytic anemias?

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Serum Fe
TIBC
Serum ferritin

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28
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What is the single best test for iron studies? What does it measure?

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Serum ferritin

Measures circulating fraction of iron storage

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29
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What is the gold standard for diagnosin mild beta-thalassemias?

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Hb electrophoresis

30
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What is the serum iron in iron deficiency anemia? Anemia of chronic disease?

31
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What is the TIBC in iron deficiency anemia? Anemia of chronic disease?

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High in IDA

Low in ACD

32
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What is the transfer saturation in iron deficiency anemia? Anemia of chronic disease?

33
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What is the serum ferritin in iron deficiency anemia? Anemia of chronic disease?

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Low in IDA

increased in ACD

34
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What is the marrow iron in iron deficiency anemia? Anemia of chronic disease?

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absent in IDA

increased in ACD

35
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What is the most common type of auto-immune hemolytic anemia?

36
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What are the two types of hemolytic anemia from SLE? What are the antibodies involved in each?

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Warm (IgG antibodies)

Cold (IgM antibodies)

37
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Wha are the two types of allo-immune hemolytic anemias?

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Transfusion reactions

Hemolytic disease of the newborn

38
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What is the difference between direct and indirect Coomes test?

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Direct = uses pts RBCs to detect antibodies. (antibody on antibody)

Indirect = detects antibodies in pts serum

39
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When is the indirect Coombs test used?

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For fetal testing of hemolytic anemia

40
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Elevated neutrophils = what kind of infection?

41
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Elevated lymphocytes = what type of infection?

42
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Elevated eosinophils = what type of infection?

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Parasitic or allergic

43
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What are lymphomas?

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Neoplasms that arise as discrete masses (like spleen, lymph nodes)

44
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What are leukemias?

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Lymphoid nepplasms with involvement of blood and bone marrow

45
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What is the only way to differentiate leukemias that are coming from B cell vs T cells?

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Immunophenotyping (identifying cell types by protein expression)

46
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What is FISH used to detect?

A

Chromosomal aberrations

47
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What are the protein markers for B cells?

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CD19
CD20
CD21
CD22

48
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What are the protein markers for T cells?

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CD3
CD2
CD4
CD8

49
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What are the two ways to perform immuphenotyping?

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Immunohistochemisty

Flow cytometry

50
Q

What are the three factors that you need to consider when assessing a pt for leukemias/lymphomas?

A

Age
Location
Sites/involvment

51
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Are the masses associated with lymphomas painful or painless?

52
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What are the characterisitcs that are evaluated with H&E uner high power?

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Size
Nucleus
Chromatin
Cytoplasm

53
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Immature lymphoid neoplasms come for what cells?

A

Lymphoblasts

54
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Mature lymphoid neoplasms come from where?

A

Mature lymphocyte

55
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What are the findings of IHC if there is a B cell lymphoma?

A

Only one type of ig light chain produced

56
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What are the PCR findings of b cell lymphomas?

A

Ig heavy chain gene rearrangement

57
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Loss of specific CD antigen = what cell type lymphoma?

58
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What are the PCR findings for T cell lymphoma?

A

T cell receptor gene rearrangement

59
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What are the five characteristics looked at when determining a neoplasm?

A 
Clincial features
Morphology
Immunophenotype
Cytogenetics
Molecular analysis
60
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What are the five main categories of lymphomas?

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Precursor B
Peripheral B
Precursor A
Peripheral A
Hodgkin lymphoma
61
Q

What is the most common cause of tumors in pts under 5 years old?

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Acute leukemia

62
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What is the most common cause of tumors in pts 5-9 years old?

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Acute leukemia/brain

63
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What is the most common cause of tumors in children 10 -19?

64
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What is the first stage of lymphoma?

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Single lymph node region or extralymphatic site

65
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What is the second stage of lymphoma?

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Two or more LN regions or extralymphatic site on the same side of the diaphragm

66
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What is the third stage of lymphoma?

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LN regions or extralymphatic site on both sides of the diaphragm

67
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What is the fourth stage of lymphomas?

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Disseminated or diffuse inolvement of one or more extralymphatic sites

68
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What does the A stand for in lymphoma staging? B?

A

Asymptomatic

B= symptomatic

69
Q

What is the packed cell volume?

A

Same as hematocrit

70
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What is the mean corpuscular Hb?

A

he average mass of hemoglobin per red blood cell in a sample of blood

71
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What is the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration?

A

measure of the concentration of hemoglobin in a given volume of packed red blood cells

72
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What is the red cell distribution width?

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a measure of the range of variation of red blood cell (RBC) volume that is reported as part of a standard complete blood count. Usually red blood cells are a standard size of about 6-8 μm in diameter.

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