Heme/Onc - blood cancer - quiz

Question 1

“starry sky” smear

Answer 1

Burkitt

Question 2

plasma cells out of control

Answer 2

multiple myeloma

Question 3

mediastinal mass

Answer 3

ALL, Hodgkin

Question 4

painless lymphadenopathy

Answer 4

Hodgkin, Non hodgkin

Question 5

hypercellular marrow

Answer 5

myelodysplasia

Question 6

first appears in neck and spreads in a linear fashion

Answer 6

Hodgkin

Question 7

likely to first appear in Waldeyer ring, epitrochlear

Answer 7

NHL

Question 8

likely asymptomatic

Answer 8

CLL

Question 9

Auer rods

Answer 9

AML

Question 10

treated with imatinib/Gleevec

Answer 10

CML

Question 11

most common childhood cancer

Answer 11

ALL

Question 12

extremely elevated WBC

Answer 12

CML

Question 13

lymphocytosis

Answer 13

CLL

Question 14

decreased cytoplasm, decreased granules

Answer 14

ALL

Question 15

normal cytoplasm, normal granules

Answer 15

AML

Question 16

CRAB

Answer 16

multiple myeloma

Question 17

abdominal masses

Answer 17

Burkitt

Question 18

bimodal age groups 20s, 50s

Answer 18

Hodgkin

Question 19

indolent forms, aggressive forms

Answer 19

NHL

Question 20

Bence Jones tumor marker

Answer 20

multiple myeloma

Question 21

bone tenderness sternum, tibia, femur

Answer 21

ALL

Question 22

granulocyte blasts

Answer 22

AML

Question 23

age order of appearance

Answer 23

ALL, CML, AML, CLL

Question 24

initial treatment is watch and wait

Answer 24

CLL

Question 25

most common leukemia

Answer 25

CLL

Question 26

pain when drink alcohol

Answer 26

Hodgkin

Question 27

Philadelphia chromosome

Answer 27

CML

Question 28

B cell blasts

Answer 28

ALL

Question 29

M protein

Answer 29

multiple myeloma

Question 30

highly curable but very high risk of later secondary cancers

Answer 30

Hodgkin

Question 31

age group young adults

Answer 31

CML

Question 32

CLL age group

Answer 32

older adults

Question 33

ALL age group

Answer 33

kids

Question 34

2 courses, indolent & aggressive

Answer 34

NHL

Question 35

spinal cord compression

Answer 35

multiple myeloma

Question 36

one has increased WBC, one has normal circulating blood count

Answer 36

Hodgkin: increased WBC NHL: circulating blood ok