Hematology Flashcards
sickle cell anemia - labs
sickled cells on peripheral smear
Hgb S on hemoglobin electrophoresis
Thalassemia - labs
microcytic anemia with normal/ increased serum Fe or no response to Fe tx
G6PD Deficiency - labs
Episodic hemolytic anemia - sulfa drugs, fava beans, infections
Hereditary Spherocytosis - labs
microspherocytes, coombs negative, + osmotoic fragility test
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia - labs
microspherocytes, Coombs +
TTP - labs
normal coags
Pentad: thromobyctopenia, hemolytic anemia, kidney damage, neurolgic symptoms, fever
HUS - labs
normal coags
Triad: thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia & kidney disease
MC in children, kidney involvement
DIC - labs
abnormal coags (prolonged PT & PTT)
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria - labs
dark urine, worse in the morning
Von Willebrand Disease
ineffective platelet adhesion
petechiae
decreased vWF levels, prolonged PTT (worse with aspirin)
decreased ristocetin activity test - gold standard
Hodgkin Disease (lymphoma)
bimodal - 20yo and >50yo reed sternberg cells B cell proliferation associated w/ EBV painless lymphadenopathy highly curable
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
MC > 50 yo
Peripheral lymph nodes MC - local painless lymphadenopathy
Burkitt lympohma
unpredictable course
Multiple Myeloma (plasmacytoma)
proliferation of single clone of plasma cells elderly >65, african american men MC bones break - hypercalcemia urine protein - bence-jones proteins CBC - rouleaux fomration Skull - punched out lytic lesions bone marrow - plasmocytosis Autologous stem cell transplant - definitive tx
ALL
MC childhood malignancy (3-7yo)
hepatosplenomegaly, fever, CNS symptoms
Bone marrow hypercellular with >20% blasts
PO chemo, combination
CLL(b cell)
B cell clonal malignancy
MC >50y caucasian males
peripheral smear - well differentiated lymphocytes with scattered smudge cells