General Leukemia
AML is commonly found in this age group:
What is younger adults
True or false: Infections and fevers are frequent complications of CLL?
What is true
Polycythemia vera is associated with what gene abnormalitiy?
What is the JAK2 gene?
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia has rapid accumulation of this cell type
What is myeloid blast cells
50% of myeloblasts found in the peripheral blood is typical of which leukemia?
What is AML?
The presence of spherocytes and nRBCs indicates what type of process?
What is autoimmune hemolytic anemia? (AIHA)
This type of treatment involves removing the patient's own blood, removing the WBCs, and returning the rest:
What is leukophoresis?
Which type of myeloproliferative disorders has the worst prognosis?
What is Primary Myelofibrosis?
The M:E ratio in AML is usually:
What is high
What is the most common symptom of patients suffering from CLL?
What is lymphadenopathy?
Patients with CML will have this type of LAP stain score
What is a low LAP score? (Below 5)
Patients with essential thrombocythemia may show abnormal platelet stems cells known as:
Bone Marrow aspiration shows a proliferaton of immature WBC’s, they are counted and calculated to determine this:
What is blast %
Blast cells showing reactivity with the tDt stain would be categorized as:
What is lymphoblasts
Most subcategories of CLL show an abnormal proliferation of type of what cell?
What are B cells?
The Philadelphia Chromosome is an exchange of DNA between what two chromosomes?
What are chromosomes 9 and 22?
Mastocytosis is an accumulation of what type of cell in the tissues?
What is basophils
The most common form of childhood leukemia is:
ALL
CLL typically shows what abnormal artifact in their peripheral smear?
What are smudge cells?
Which of the following is the only curative treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)?
What is bone marrow or stem cell transplant?
Patients why myeloproliferative disorders typically show what type of anemia?