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Hematology Flashcards

1
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What is the receptor on platelets that binds to vWF?

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GP Ib

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What is the receptor on platelets that binds other platelets and fibrinogen?

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GP IIa/IIIb

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3
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What are the five major causes of eosinophilia?

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Neoplasms
Asthma
Allergic processes
CT diseases
Parasites (NAACP)
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4
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What are the histological features of neutrophils?

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Multilobed nuclei

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5
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Hypersegmented nuetrophils are seen in what condition?

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b12 deficiency (pernicious anemia)

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What is the function of basophils?

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Cells that contain heparin and histamine (similar to mast cells)

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7
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What is the cause of hemophilia A?

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Factor 8 deficiency

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8
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What is the cause of hemophilia B?

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Factor 9 deficiency

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9
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What are the factors that warfarin inhibits?

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10 9 7 2 protein S and C

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10
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What is the function of protein S and C?

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C is activated by thrombomodulin/thrombin complex, which in turn activates protein S, and deactivates factors 8 and 5

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What is the order of the extrinsic pathway?

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3
7
10 (+8)

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What is the order of the intrinsic pathway?

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12
11
9
10

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13
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What are the factors that comprise the tenase complex? What does this complex do?

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8 and 9

Increases thrombin activation

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14
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What is the MOA of tPA?

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activates plasminogen to plasmin

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15
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What is the MOA of clopidogrel?

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Prevents ADP receptor binding

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16
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What is the MOA of abciximab?

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Ab against GP IIa/IIIb

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17
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What is the MOA of ASA’s antiplatelet effect?

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inhibits thromboxane A2 synthesis

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18
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What is von willebrand disease?

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Insufficient vWF

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19
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Basophilic stippling of RBCs is found in what diseases? (4)

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anemia of chronic disease
alcohol abuse
Pb poisoning
thalassemias

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20
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Bite cells = what disease?

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G6PD deficiency

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21
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elliptocytes = what disease?

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Hereditary elliptocytosis

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22
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Ringed siderblasts = what disease?

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Sideroblastic anemia (microcytic anemia

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23
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What are the five major causes of microcytic anemia?

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Fe deficiency
Thalassemias
sideroblastic anemia
Anemia of chronic disease
Pb poisoning
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24
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Heinz bodies = what disease? What are they?

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G6PD deficiency

Denatured Hb

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25
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Howell-Jolly bodies = what disease?

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hyposplenia or asplenia

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26
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What are schistocytes? What are these seen in?

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Broken RBCs—DIC, TTP/HUS mechanical heart valves

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27
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What are the two major causes of macrocytic anemia?

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B12 deficiency

Folate deficiency

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28
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What is/are the labs that separate B12 deficiency and folate deficiency?

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Methylmalonic acid will be high in B12 deficiency

29
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What is the one reaction in the body that requires THF?

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Conversion of homocysteine to methionine

30
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What is TIBC?

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The amount of Fe that can be stored on transferrin (the number of open spots, thus higher numbers = lower serum ferritin)

31
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What are the two storage forms of Fe?

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Ferritin (dynamic)

Hemosiderin (lost)

32
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What is plummer vinson syndrome?

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Fe deficiency
Esophageal webs
atrophic glossitis

33
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What is the Hb formed when there is are three (or four total) deletions of the alpha globin gene?

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HbH (beta4 tetramer)

34
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What is Bart’s hb? What disease is it found in?

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gamma4 tetramer of Hb, found in 4 alpha gene deletions

35
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What is beta thalassemia minor?

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underproduction of beta globin. This is usually asymptomatic, since there is an upregulation of HbA2 (alpha2, delta2)

36
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What are the components of HbA?

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alpha2beta2

37
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What are the components of HbA2?

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alpha2delta2

38
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What are the components of HbF?

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Alpha2gamma2

39
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Mohawk appearance of a skull x-ray = what disease? Why?

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beta thalassemia major d/t increased hematopoiesis in the skull bones

40
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What virus are people with beta thalassemia major particularly susceptible to?

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Parvovirus B19 d/t infection of erythroid progenitor cells

41
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What are teardrop cells seen in?

A

Primary myelofibrosis

42
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What are Target cells seen in? (HALT)

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HbC disease
Asplenia
Liver dz
Thalassemia

43
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What are iron studies like with Fe deficiency anemia? (Fe, TIBC, ferritin)

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Low Fe
High TIBC
Low Ferritin

44
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What is the major toxicity of Pb poisoning?

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Inhibition of ferrochelatase and ALA dehydratase

45
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What are the ssx of Pb poisoning?

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Lead lines in gingiva

Encephalopathy

46
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What is the treatment for Pb poisoning?

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EDTA or Succimer drops

47
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What are the PBS findings for Pb poisoning?

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Microcytic anemia with basophilic stippling

48
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What is the hereditary cause of sideroblastic anemia? What is the inheritance pattern of this?

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X-linked deficiency/defect i delta-ALA synthase gene

49
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What drug classically causes sideroblastic anemia? How? What is the treatment for this?

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Isoniazid d/t inhibition of ALA synthase

B6 supplementation

50
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What are the PBS findings of sideroblastic anemia?

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Ringed sideroblasts d/t Fe laden mitochondria

51
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What are the iron studies like with sideroblastic anemia? (Fe, TIBC, Ferritin)?

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Increase Fe
Normal TIBC
Increased Ferritin

52
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What are homocysteine and methylmalonic acids levels like with folate and B12 deficiencies respectively?

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B12 = both high
Folate = only Homocysteine levels are elevated
53
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What is orotic aciduria, and what causes it? How does this present?

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Inability to convert orotic acid to UMP because of a effect in UMP synthase

Presents in childhood as megaloblastic anemia that cannot be corrected with folate or B12

54
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How do you differentiate orotic aciduria from ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency?

A

No hyperammonemia with orotic aciduria

55
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What is non-megaloblastic macrocytic anemia?

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Macrocytic anemia in which DNA synthesis is not impaired. Usually caused by EtOH-ism or cirrhosis

56
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What are the two different types of normocytic, normochromic anemias?

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Hemolytic vs nonhemolytic

57
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What are the following labs like with intravascular hemolysis:

  • Haptoglobin
  • LDH
  • reticulocytes
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Decreased haptoglobin (is bound)
Increased LDH
-Increased reticulocytes

58
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What happens to LDH and unconjugated bili levels in extravascular hemolysis?

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Increased LDH and increased bili

59
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What is the role of hepcidin?

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binds ferroportin in the intestinal mucosa and macrophages, thus inhibiting Fe uptake

60
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What is the pathophysiology of anemia of chronic disease?

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Chronic inflammation leads to increased hepcidin release, and an increase in ferritin levels, as Fe is preferentially stored away from bacteria

61
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What are the following labs like with anemia of chronic disease:

  • Fe
  • TIBC
  • Ferritin
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Low Fe
Low TIBC
High Ferritin

62
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What is the body’s main form of Fe storage?

63
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How does CKD lead to anemia?

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Low EPO = low hematopoiesis

64
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What is aplastic anemia, and what are the classical findings of it?

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Pancytopenia, characterized by normal cell morphology, but hypocellular bond marrow with fatty infiltration

65
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What is the bone aspiration finding of aplastic anemia?

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Dry tap (fat cells)

66
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What is the treatment for aplastic anemia?

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Marrow transplant

g-CSF

67
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What viruses can cause aplastic anemia? (4)

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Parvo B19
HIV
HCV
EBV

68
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What is the pathophysiology of Fanconi anemia?

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DNA repair defect, leading to aplastic anemia

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