Haem buzzwords Flashcards by Alison Young

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Schistocytes indicative of?

A

Intravascular haemolysis

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Pepper pot skull

A

Myeloma

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Reed-Sternberg cels

A

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (1 cell with 2 black nuclei)

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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV (monoculceosis)

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9:22 translocaion

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Philadelphia chromosome = BCR-ABL gene = CML

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CD30 positive

A

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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Heinz bodies

A

G6PD deficiency

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Auer rods

A

Acute Myeloid Leuaemia

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Bence-Jones protein

A

Multiple Myeloma

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“Itchy after a hot bath”

A

Polycythaemia rubra vera

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Translocation (8:14)

A

Burkitt’s Lymphoma

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Alcohol makes it worse

A

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

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African kid with history of EBV and tumour is in face/jaw

A

Burkitts Lymphoma

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Haemarthrosis

A

Haemophilia

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Bleeding into joint - what is the problem with?

A

Secondary haemostasis

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Which haem disease is priapism associated with?

A

Sickle cell disease

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Christmas disease

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Haemophilia B

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Gum infiltration bilobedlarge mononuclear cells

A

AML

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Smudge cells, peripheral blood lymphocytosis

A

CLL

Q

Which deficiency behaves like platelet disorder with prolonged bleed time & APTT

A

vWD deficiency

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Small mature lymphocytes

A

CLL

Q

IgM paraprotein

A

Waldenstrom’s macroglobuinaemia

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Raised ESR and osteoporosis

A

Myeloma until proven otherwise