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Use this case to answer the following questions: A 45-year-old female sees her physician because of unexplained bruising on her upper torso. The physician takes a history, and nothing remarkable is noted. Physical examination reveals a palpable liver and spleen. CBC results reveal a platelet count of 5,000/µL and WBC count of 12,000/µL with 80% blasts and 15% promyelocytes present. Additional CBC findings include: Hgb: 8.7 g/dL and Hct: 25% normal indices. Bone marrow findings: hypercellular marrow with 47% myeloblasts present. Nucleated erythroblasts: 22%; promyelocytes: 28%; megakaryopoiesis appears normal. Cytogenetic analysis: t (15, 17) present. -Flow cytometry has also been ordered on this patient.Which of the following markers will stain positive in this case?


A) HLA-DR
B) CD35
C) CD33
D) CD8

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following cell markers will differentiate AML from ALL?


A) CD10, CD19, CD20, and CD 22
B) CD2, CD3, CD5, and CD7
C) HLA-DR, CD34, and CD7
D) CD13, CD33, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD10, CD2, CD3, CD5, CD7.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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The distinction between the FAB classification and the WHO classification is based on which of the following?


A) Patients' signs and symptoms
B) Mutant neoplastic "stem" cell identification
C) Percent blasts
D) Cytochemical reactions

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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A technologist is reviewing a CBC on a new admission.The patient has a WBC count of 5 x 103/µL with 32% blasts present.From what is the patient most likely suffering?


A) AL
B) MDS
C) MPD
D) CLL

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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A technologist is reviewing a peripheral blood smear of a 10-year-old patient.She notices that 35% blasts are present on the patient's smear.What can you conclude from these findings?


A) The patient is normal.
B) The patient is suffering from an acute leukemia.
C) The patient is suffering from a chronic leukemia.
D) The patient is suffering from aplastic anemia.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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A technologist is reviewing a blood smear of an AML patient.She notices single azurophilic needle-like inclusions in the cytoplasm of many of the circulating blasts.What is the most probable identification of the inclusion?


A) Toxic granulation
B) Uric acid crystals
C) Döhle bodies
D) Auer rods

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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A PAS stain is ordered on a leukemic patient.The test is performed, and the technologist confirms that the PAS stain is positive with coarse granularity.Based on these findings, from what is the patient most likely suffering?


A) Acute myelomonocytic leukemia
B) Acute erythroleukemia
C) Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
D) AML with minimal differentiation

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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What is the typical erythrocyte morphologic picture in patients with AML?


A) Normocytic normochromic
B) Microcytic hypochromic
C) Macrocytic normochromic
D) Variable

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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An APL patient has been undergoing ATRA therapy for the last 5 weeks.A repeat bone marrow and cytogenetic analysis are performed at the end of the treatment cycle.Bone marrow shows no evidence of leukemic cells, and cytogenetic anomalies were not detected.Based on this information, what is the status of the patient?


A) The patient is in remission.
B) The patient has relapsed.
C) The patient has undergone engraftment.
D) The patient has undergone partial engraftment.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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According to the WHO classification, what must be true to differentiate myelodysplastic syndromes from acute leukemia? In acute leukemia:


A) The blasts must be greater than 20% in the bone marrow.
B) The blasts must be greater than 20% in the bone marrow and contain Auer rods.
C) The bone marrow must contain fibrosis.
D) The blast count is close to 100%.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following markers are positive for monoblasts?


A) HLA-DR
B) CD33
C) CD14
D) All of the above

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Explain how bone marrow analysis helps establish an AML diagnosis.

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The first step in bone marrow analysis i...

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Bone marrow review on a 15-year-old girl with acute leukemia revealed many blasts with the following characteristics: high N:C ratio, prominent nucleoli, open chromatin pattern, and basophilic cytoplasm.Cytochemical staining revealed negative reactivity with MPO and SBB.Nonspecific esterase was positive.No cytogenetic abnormalities were detected.What is the most likely lineage of the blast cells in question?


A) Myeloid
B) Lymphoid
C) Monocytic
D) Erythroid

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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List the common cytochemical stains used in the detection of AML, and predict their results in AML.

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Myeloperoxidase MPO): black color; posit...

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Compare and contrast WHO and FAB classification systems of AML.

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WHO takes into consideration the morphol...

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