HemePath

Question 1

What are the hematologic organs?

Answer 1

spleen, peripheral blood, bone marrow, thymus, lymph nodes

Question 2

What tissue is referred to with lymphoma and leukemia

Answer 2

lymphoma solid tissue

leukemia liquid tissue

Question 3

What are the 3 types of chronic and acute leukemias

Answer 3

myeloid, myelomonocytic, erythroid

Question 4

Describe what happens during CML chronic myelogenous leukemia

Answer 4

high WBC, left shift, limited blasts

Question 5

Describe what happens with acute myelogenous leukemia

Answer 5

high or low WBC, anemia and thrombocytopenia, very big immature blasts

Question 6

What is the big red flag to identify AML

Answer 6

auer rods

Question 7

Describe what happens with Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Answer 7

happens in lymph nodes, hyper mature chromosomes, fragile shows as smear cells, soccer ball slide

Question 8

What happens with Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia

Answer 8

often in small kids, immature lymphoid cells visible

Question 9

Describe what a myeloma is

Answer 9

in brain, monoclonal protein in urine, smear shows plasma cells with clumps around edge, clock.

Question 10

What diseases are associated with the clock shape, soccer ball shape and giant immature blasts in the smear

Answer 10

CLL/SLL: soccer ball

myeloma: clock
giant: AML

Question 11

What does AML stand for

Answer 11

acute myelogenous leukemia

Question 12

What does CLL/ SLL stand for

Answer 12

chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma

Question 13

What does CML stand for

Answer 13

chronic myelogenous leukemia

Question 14

What does ALL stand for

Answer 14

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Question 15

How many nucleated cells are in a bone marrow biopsy with a patient that has a myeloma

Answer 15

12%