Haem Flashcards
1
Q
Microcytic
A
Iron deficiency anaemia
2
Q
Iron deficiency a.
A
low ferritin
microcytic, hypo-chromic
Colonoscopy if unexplained anemia
3
Q
Anaemia of chronic disease
A
normal/high ferritin
normocytic or microcytic
4
Q
Aplastic anaemia
A
parvovirus b19
5
Q
macrocytic
A
megaloblastic (b12/folate)
6
Q
AML
A
bone marrow failure
hour rods
7
Q
CML
A
Philadelphia chromosome
8
Q
ALL
A
children
9
Q
CLL
A
Very increased lymphocytes
smudge/smear cells
10
Q
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
A
painless enlarging mass in neck
FLAWS
11
Q
Non hodgkin’s
A
EBV - Burkitt’s lymphoma
12
Q
Multiple Myeloma
A
Calcium high
renal failure
anaemia
bone pain
bence-jones proteins