TEST 1 Flashcards
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What virus causes lymphoid malignancies in humans
Epstein-Bar virus
Tumor suppresor genes causes cancers such as leukemia when mutations result in
Failure to prevent malignant process
Oncogenes are said to act in a dominant fashion because
A mutation in a single allele is sufficient for malignancy to develop
what is a cellular abnormality produced by oncogenes
Acceleration of DNA catabolism
Compared with autologous bone marrow transplantation, allogeneic transplantation has
better long term succes
Chemotherapeutic agents are divided into which two major subgroups
- phase specific
- phase non specific
Qualitative and quantitative neutrophil hanges noted in response to infection include
- neutropenia
- toxic granulation
- vacuolization
The WHO classification requires what percentage for the blast count in the blood or bone
At least 20%
In addition to morphology, cytochemistry, and immunophenotyping, the WHO
classification of
Myelo- and lymphoproliferative disorders is based upon which characteristic?
Cytogenetic abnormalities
Which AML cytogenetic abnormality is associated with acute myelomonocytic leukemia
with marrow eosinophilia under the WHO classification of AML with recurrent genetic
abnormalities?
AML with inv
neutropenia is present in patients with which absolute count
<1.5*10^9/L
A m:e (myeloid:erythroid ration) of 10:1 is mostly seen in
Leukemia
Which of the following leukemias are included in the 2008 World Health Organization
classification of myeloproliferative neoplasms?
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL)
Chronio eosinophilic leukemia (CEL)
Repeated phlebotomy in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) may lead to the
development of:
Iron deficiency anaemia
in essential thrombocytopenia the platelets are
increased in number and fuctionality abnormal
Which of the following cells is considered pathognomonic for Hodgkin’s disease?
Reed- sternberg cells
Which of the morphological findings are characteristics of reactive lymphocytes
- high nuclear: cytoplsmic ration
- prominent nucleoli
- basophilic cytoplasm
Auer rods may be seen in all of the following
- acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4)
- acute myeloid leukemia leukemia without maturation (M1)
- acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3)
Which type of anaemia is ussually present in a patient with acute leukemia
Normocytic, Normochromic
In leukemia which term decribes a peripheral blood finding of leukocytosis with a shift to the left, accompanied by nucleated red cells
Leukoerythroblastosis
The basic pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for producing signs and symptoms in leukemia include all of the following except
Decreased erythropoietin production
Which type of acute myeloid leukemia is called the true monocytic leukemia and follows an acute or sub acute course charcterized by monoblasts, promonocytes and monocytes
Acute monocytic anaemia
In which age group does acute lymphoblastic leukemia occur with the highest frequency
1-15 years
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is mostly often associated with which of the following types of acute leukemia
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
In Myelofibrosis, the characteristic abnormal red blood cell morphology is that of
Tear drop cell
PV is characterized by
Absolute increase in total red cell mass