Haematology

Question 1

Presence of Schistocytes?

Answer 1

Intravascular haemolysis

Question 2

Pepper pot skull

Answer 2

Myeloma

Question 3

Reed-Sternberg cells

Answer 3

Hodgkins Lymphoma

Question 4

Philadelphia Chromosome

Answer 4

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia

Question 5

Atypical lymphocytes

Answer 5

EBV (mononucleosis)

Question 6

Heinz bodies

Answer 6

G6PD deficiency

Question 7

Auer rods

Answer 7

Acute myeloud leukaemia

Question 8

Bence-Jones Proteins

Answer 8

Multiple myeloma

Question 9

“itchy after a hot bath”

Answer 9

Polycythaemia ruba vera

Question 10

Translocation (8;14)

Answer 10

Burkitts Lymphoma

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Burkitts Lymphoma

Question 12

Alcohol makes it worse

Answer 12

Hodgkins Lymphoma

Question 13

Haemarthrosis

Answer 13

Haemophilia

Question 14

Bleeding into a joint

Answer 14

Problem with secondary haemostasise.g. haemophilia

Question 15

Reduced level of factor IX with Christmas disease

Answer 15

Haemophilia B

Question 16

Young boy with reduced levels of factor VIII and an increased APTT

Answer 16

Haemophilia A

Question 17

Priapism

Answer 17

Associated with sick cell disease

Question 18

vWD

Answer 18

Behaves like platelet disorder, prolonged bleed time and APTT

Question 19

Signs of CLL?

Answer 19

Smudge cells, peripheral blood lymphocytes, small mature lymphocytes

Question 20

IgM paraprotein

Answer 20

Waldenstorm’s Macroglobulinaemia

Question 21

Raised ESR and osteoporosis

Answer 21

Myeloma until proven other wise

Question 22

9;22 translocation

Answer 22

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia

Question 23

BCR-ABL gene

Answer 23

Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia

Question 24

CD30 positive

Answer 24

Hodgkins Lymphoma