Haematology

Question 1

pepper pot skull/lytic lesions

Answer 1

myeloma

Question 2

rouleaux formation

Answer 2

myeloma

Question 3

reed-sternberg cells

Answer 3

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Question 4

philadelphia chromosome (9;22 translocation)

Answer 4

AML

Question 5

atypical lymphocytes

Answer 5

EBV (mononucleosis)

Question 6

Auer rods

Answer 6

AML

Question 7

itchy after hot bath

Answer 7

polycythaemia rubra vera

Question 8

translocation 8;14

Answer 8

Burkitt’s lymphoma

Question 9

alcohol makes lymph nodes painful

Answer 9

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Question 10

haemarthrosis

Answer 10

haemophilia

Question 11

reduced levels of factor IX with Christmas Disease

Answer 11

haemophilia B

Question 12

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

Answer 12

haemophilia A

Question 13

schillings test

Answer 13

B12 deficiency

Question 14

smudge cells (immature leukocytes)

Answer 14

CLL

Question 15

positive schumm’s test

Answer 15

intravascular haemolytic anaemia

Question 16

hair on end skull xray

Answer 16

beta thalassaemia major

Question 17

bite cells, blister cells and heinz bodies

Answer 17

G6PD deficiency

Question 18

russel bodies

Answer 18

chronic inflammation

Question 19

schistocytes

Answer 19

intravascular haemolysis