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Pathology: Hematology & Oncology

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Which molecules does t-PA act on?   show
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1. Platelets link to each other through fibrinogen. Which is the fibrinogen receptor on the platelet? 2. Which molecule causes receptor activation?   show
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What role does Clopidogrel (plavix) play in coagulation homeostasis?   show
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show 1. factor X 2. converts prothrombin to thrombin  
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show to turn fibrinogen into fibrin monomers  
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1. How does Warfarin (coumadin) inhibit clotting? 2. How does Heparin inhibit clotting?   show
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show HEP, PTT, INT 1. partial thromboplastin 2. intrinsic  
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1. Determining __ time can monitor Warfarin therapy. 2. Which coagulation pathway is measured?   show
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1. disorder with hypersegmented neutrophils 2. Rh- mother exposed to Rh+ blood; next Rh+ pregnancy may have what disorder? What is the treatment   show
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Clotting factor deficiency in: 1. Hemophilia A 2. Hemophilia B 3. Is prothrombin time or activated partial thromboplastin time changed?   show
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show von Willebrand factor  
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1. Where is fibrinogen made? 2. What happens to it after it enters the blood stream? 3. When is it released again?   show
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1. Which cells are in the lymphoid stem cell line? 2. How does aspirin effects clotting?   show
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show decreased production of hemoglobin  
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show 1. < 80 2. > 100  
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1. What is the pathophysiologic cause of megaloblastic macrocytic anemia? 2. What are the biological causes?   show
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show 1. Anemia of chronic disease 2. Aplastic anemia 3. kidney disease (↓erythropoieten)  
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show defective enzymes involved in heme synthesis  
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1. genetic GpIb deficiency 2. genetic GpIIb/IIIa deficiency 3. antibodies against GpIIb/IIIa 4. ↓ ADAMTS13 involved in vWF degradation   show
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What would PT and PTT in Vitamin K deficiency be?   show
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Associated RBC pathology 1. acanthocyte (spur cell) 2. Basophilic stippling 3. Bite cell   show
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Associated RBC pathology 1. iron-laden mitochondria forming ring around nucleus 2. Schistocyte, helmet cell 3. Spherocyte   show
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show 1. bone marrow infiltration (myelofibrosis) 2. Thalassemia 3. G6PD deficiency 4. asplenia  
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How do homocysteine and methylmalonic acid levels change in: 1. folate deficiency 2. B12 deficiency   show
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Hodgkins or Non-Hodgkins? 1. Reed Sternberg cells 2. low grade fever, night sweats, weight loss 3. associated with immunosuppression (HIV) 4. extranodal presentation 5. Bimodal distribution   show
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show 1. ↑ lymphocytes 2. nodular sclerosis  
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show Ig light chains (κ or λ) in urine found in Multiple Myeloma  
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show Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia  
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Patient with back pain, anemia and M spike on protein electrophoresis.   show
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1. Which Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma is associated with Epstein-Bar Virus? 2. A high reticulocyte count is usually indicative of ____.   show
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show 1. ALL 2. AML 3. AML, CML 4. CLL  
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show 1. anemia 2. thrombocytopenia 3. acute renal failure  
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show CML has: 1. negative leukocyte alkaline phosphatase 2. increased basophils  
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show Kaposi's sarcoma and Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma  
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What is the difference between intravascular and extravascular hemolysis?   show
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show hereditary spherocytosis or thalassemia  
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Why does Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency lead to anemia?   show
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show 1. one of the hemolytic anemias → ↑ erythropoeisis 2. parvovirus B19 → aplastic crisis 3. Salmonella → osteomyelitis  
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What is the cause of Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)?   show
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1. Mutation involved in sickle cell. 2. Mutation involved in HbC defect.   show
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show 1. autoimmune hemolytic anemia 2. mechanical destruction of RBCs in a microangiopathic anemia (DIC, TTP-HUS)  
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1. Mechanism of action of abciximab 2. How does von Willebrand's disease effect PT and PTT tests? 3. Why is this result seen?   show
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What mutation is involved in Polycythemia vera?   show
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show 1. activates antithrombin III 2. inhibits vitamin K 3. inhibits COX; prevents TXA2 synthesis 4. converts plasminogen to plasmin 5. block ADP receptor on platelet → inhibit fibrinogen binding 6. antibody binds IIb/IIIa reeptor on platelets  
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1. Which coagulation factors are tested by prothrombin time? 2. Which coagulation factors are tested by partial thromboplastin time? 3. Which coagulation factors are carboxylated by vitamin K?   show
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1. Deletion of 1 α-gobulin genes 2. Deletion of 3 α-gobulin genes 3. Deletion of 2 α-gobulin genes 4. Deletion of 4 α-gobulin genes   show
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1. Heterozygate with under-produced β hemoglobin chain. 2. Homozygote with absent β hemoglobin chain.   show
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What is the difference between a direct and indirect Coombs test?   show
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Iron Lab values in anemia: 1. ↓ serum iron; ↑ TIBC; ↓ ferritin 2. ↓ serum iron; ↓ TIBC; ↑ ferritin 3. ↑ serum iron; ↓ TIBC; normal ferritin   show
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show only clotting component not produced in the liver; made by endothelial cells and megakaryocytes  
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Patient with CLL 1. now with lymph node involvement and generalized lymphadenopathy 2. transformation into diffuse large B-cell lymphoma   show
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show 1. increased megakaryocyte sensitivity to growth factors 2. proliferation of abnormal bone marrow stem cells results in replacement with collagenous connective tissue 3. JAK2 mutation  
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1. What two structures release vWF 2. What does vWF bind?   show
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show spleen (Immune thrombocytopenic purpura)  
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How does TTP lead to a hemolytic anemia?   show
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Function of ristocetin in diagnosing a coagulopathy   show
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Treatment for von Willebrand disease   show
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Treatment for tissue plasminogen activator toxicity   show
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What are the following values in tPA toxicity: 1. PT 2. PTT 3. bleeding time   show
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show alternating layers of platelets/fibrin and RBCs  
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Which deficiency increases risk for warfarin skin necrosis?   show
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show Factor V Leiden (lacks cleavage site for protein C and S)  
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show estrogen increases production of coagulation factors in liver  
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show 1. extrinsic 2. intrinsic  
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Anemia, glossitis and dysphagia.   show
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show chronic disease results in production of acute phase reactants from liver, including hepcidin which sequesters iron in storage sites  
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show defective protoporphyrin synthesis, the protein that combines with iron to form heme. Usually deficiency in the enzyme ALA Synthase or B6 metabolism.  
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What is the relationship between ferritin and TIBC?   show
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Why are the thalassemias microcytic anemias while other hemobloginopathies are normocytic?   show
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1. HB Barts 2. HbH   show
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How do target cells form in thalassemia?   show
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show pancreatic proteases detach B12 from R-binder so that it can bind intrinsic factor  
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1. What is haptoglobin? 2. Does haptoglobin levels change with intra or extravascular hemolysis?   show
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What do Howell-Jolly bodies form?   show
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show paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria  
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show high IgM against RBCs associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae and EBV  
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The Hematopoietic stem cell contains which cluster of differentiation marking?   show
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show chronic myeloid leukemia  
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show 1. crystal aggregates of myeloperoxidase 2. Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)  
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Mature B cells that are positive for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase   show
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show Mycosis Fungoides  
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What is the defect in follicular lymphoma?   show
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What causes bone pain and hypercalcemia in multiple myeloma?   show
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show 1. Group O - do not have any antigens with which an immune response might be made 2. Group AB - no Ab’s to attack foreign blood antigens  
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Released by eosinophils in the defence against helminths.   show
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1. Coagulation factor carried by vWF 2. Which coagulation pathway is it found in?   show
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Hemolytic anemia with an increased MCHC   show
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show increases synthesis of HbF  
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Which enzymes are inhibited by lead poisoning?   show
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show ALA synthase  
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show 1. acute intermittent prophyria 2. deficient porphobilinogen deaminase  
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Blistering cutaneous photosensitivity.   show
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How is hemolytic uremia syndrome distinguished from DIC using coagulation tests and bleeding time?   show
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Patient with increased WBC and smudge cells on blood smear.   show
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show 1. overwork hypertrophy b/c of extramedulalry erythropoiesis 2. multiple splenic infarcts  
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1. alcoholic with microcytic anemia 2. alcoholic with macrocytic anemia   show
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Which type of anemia is caused by lead poisoning?   show
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show 1. menorrhagia 2. peptic ulcer disease 3. colorectal cancer  
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What is the cause of pernicious anemia?   show
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show Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria; CD55 is Decay Accelerating Factor  
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show Factor V (factor V leiden is mutated form that cannot be inactivated by protein C)  
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Elevated WBC count with immature myeloid stem cells and elevated neutrophil alkaline phosphatase.   show
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show desmopressin  
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show Imatinib  
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Patient with immunoglobulin spike on protein electrophoresis without systemic manifestations.   show
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