Haematology Flashcards
Presence of Schistocytes?
Intravascular haemolysis
Pepper pot skull
Myeloma
Reed-Sternberg cells
Hodgkins Lymphoma
Philadelphia Chromosome
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
Atypical lymphocytes
EBV (mononucleosis)
Heinz bodies
G6PD deficiency
Auer rods
Acute myeloud leukaemia
Bence-Jones Proteins
Multiple myeloma
“itchy after a hot bath”
Polycythaemia ruba vera
Translocation (8;14)
Burkitts Lymphoma
Africa kid with history of EBV and tumour is in face/jaw
Burkitts Lymphoma
Alcohol makes it worse
Hodgkins Lymphoma
Haemarthrosis
Haemophilia
Bleeding into a joint
Problem with secondary haemostasise.g. haemophilia
Reduced level of factor IX with Christmas disease
Haemophilia B
Young boy with reduced levels of factor VIII and an increased APTT
Haemophilia A
Priapism
Associated with sick cell disease
vWD
Behaves like platelet disorder, prolonged bleed time and APTT
Signs of CLL?
Smudge cells, peripheral blood lymphocytes, small mature lymphocytes
IgM paraprotein
Waldenstorm’s Macroglobulinaemia
Raised ESR and osteoporosis
Myeloma until proven other wise
9;22 translocation
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
BCR-ABL gene
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
CD30 positive
Hodgkins Lymphoma