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Hematology Case Study Guide

The document contains a series of medical diagnoses and related questions, primarily focusing on hematological conditions such as Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and others. It includes diagnostic tests, morphological findings, and classifications relevant to each condition. Additionally, it discusses autoimmune disorders, anemia types, and cancer diagnoses with associated tests and characteristics.

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Hematology Case Study Guide

The document contains a series of medical diagnoses and related questions, primarily focusing on hematological conditions such as Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), and others. It includes diagnostic tests, morphological findings, and classifications relevant to each condition. Additionally, it discusses autoimmune disorders, anemia types, and cancer diagnoses with associated tests and characteristics.

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• 1)What is probable diagnosis

• ALL

• 2)Mention 2 test for diagnosis


• Immunopheno typing and bone marrow examination

• 3)Two lymphoreticular organs involved in this case


Liver, Spleen, lymph node

• 4)Mension types
• B cell ALL
• T cell ALL

• 5)Morphology of cells in peripheral smear


• Hand mirror cells
• 1)Diagnose the case
• CLL

• 2)What is evans syndrome


• Evans syndrome is an autoimmune condition that present with two or more cytopenias which commonly include autoimmune
hemolytic anaemia and immune thrombocytopenia with or without immune neutropeia

• 3)Name the condition where there is malignant transformation in the above setting
• Ritchers syndrome cll may transform into DLBCL

• 4)Mension two markers for diagnosis of above case-CD19,CD 5,CD20,CD23,CD200

• Menstion significance of rai and binet classification


• Staging of CLL and predicting the outcome of patient
• 1)What is your disgnosis
• ITP

• 2)Identify arrow marked cell


• Giant pleatlet

• 3)What will be the bone marrow finding in this case


• Normal or increased number of megakaryocyte
• In some patient hypolobulation of megakaryocyte

• 4)What is evans syndrome


• Evans syndrome is an autoimmune condition that present with two or more cytopenias which commonly
include autoimmune hemolytic anaemia and immune thrombocytopenia with or without immune
neutropeia
• 1)What is the diagnosis
• Thalassemia

• 2)Identify the cell with arrow


• Target cell

• 3)What is the specific test to diagnose the case


• HPLC

• 4)Write peripheral smear finding in this case


• Microcytic hypochromic cells, anisopoikilocytosis, target cells tear drop cells, pencil cells,
nRBCs
• 1)Diagnose the case
• CML

• 2)What are the phases seen in this condition


• Chronic phase
• Accelerated phase
• Blast phase

• 3)defining criteria for this phases


• -Chronic phase
• Leucocytosis usually 12-1000x 10 9 /L
• Less than 2% blast in blood and less than 5% blast in bone marrow
• -Accerlerated phase
• ≥ 1 of the following criteria
• Persistent or increasing WBC > 10x10 9 /L
• Persistent platelet count > 1000x10 9 /L unresponsive to therapy
• Persistent platelet count < 100x10 9 /L unrelated to therapy
• ≥20% basophils in the blood
• Persistent or increased splenmegaly unresponsive to therapy

• -Blast phase
• ≥20% blast in marrow or blood or the presence of an extramedullary
proliferation of blast
• 1)Write down your provisional diagnosis
• Apastic anemia

• 2)Write down etiological factors of above condition


Infectious agents Heatitis A,B,C viruses
Other viruses –HIV,EBV,CMV,Parvovirus
Toxins –Benzen solvent, insecticides
Drugs-allopurinol,chloroquine, penicillamine
Autoimmune diseases-SLE,RA

• 3)Describe the peripheral smear


• Severe cytopenia no overt dysplastic features
• Sometime megaloblastic changes
• 1)What is your diagnosis
• DIC
• 2)What happens to the FDP levels elevated

• 3)Which poikilocytes will be seen in peripheral smear

• 4)Enumerate some causes of this condition

• 5)Which coagulation factor will initiate the pathogenic cascade


• 1)Descibe the peripheral smear and give our diagnosis
• Hypochromia, pencil cells and hypersegmented neutrophils

• 2)Mention two causes of this blood picture


• Folic acid and Vit B12 deficiency

• 3) Which are the bone marrow finding in this condition


• Erythroid hyperplasia with reversal of M: E ratio
• Megaloblastosis – Megaloblast have Large , immature nucleus with open sieve like
chromatin macronormoblast
• Myeloid lineage abnormality
• Giant band form
• 1) What is your diagnosis
• VWD

• 2)Which is the cause of platelet function defect and prolonged aPTT


• Reduced plasma level of vWD

• 3)Which are various types of this diseases


• Type 1, 2,3
• 1)Describe the peripheral smear and give your diagnosis
• Hypochromic cells, sickle shaped cells, target cells
• Sickle cell anemia

• 2)Enumerate test performed for confirmstion


• HPLC

• 3)Enumertae types of crisis associated with this anemia


• Vaso occulusive crisis
• Aplastic crisis
• 1)What is your diagnosis
• Haemophili A

• 2)What is the mode of inheritance


• X linked recessive

• 3)Treatment to be given
• Factor VIII
• 1)Interpret the peripheral smear finding
• Microcytosis, hypochromia, anisopoikilocytosis, pencil cells, spherocytes

• 2)Which is your provisional diagnosis


• Heridetaray speherocytosis

• 3)What is defect involved in pathogesis of this disorder


• Defect in RBC skeleton due to mutation of spectrin, band 3, ankyrin and
band 4.2
• 1)Describe peripheral smear finding and give provisional diagnosis
• Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
• Red cell agglutination, spherocytes seen

• 2)Name laboratory test which support diagnosis


• DAT(Direct antiglobulin test

• 3)Enumearte causes of such disorder


• Infections-Hep C,HIV,EBV,CMV
• Medications – Penicillin, cephalosporin
• Autoimmune - SLE,RA
• CLL
• 1)Diagnose the case
• Pancytopenia with Macrocytic anemia

• 2)Mention for causes of macrocytic anemia


• Folic acid and vit B12 deficiency,Hypothyroidism,Alcoholism,Liver disesase

• 3)What is Arneth index and its significance


• Classification system for neutrophils based on number of lobes in their nucleus
• AS it reveals the production of neutrophils it indirectly reflects activity of bone
marrow
• Shift to left means younger neutrophils – Prognosis of infectious diseases
• 1)What is probable diagnosis
• Multiple myeloma

• 2)Mention to investigation to confirm the diagnosis


• Immunophenotyping CD 138 positive

• 3)Identify cells marked arrow in the pic


• Russel bodies
• What is POEMS syndrome
• Polyneuropathy,organomegaly,endocrinopathy,monoclonal plasma cell
disorder, skin changes
• What is probable diagnosis
• ALL

• 2)Mentio two test for diagnosis


• Immunophenotyping,cytochemistry and bone marrow examination

• 3)Mention two reticular organ involved in this case


• Liver and lymphnode

• 4)Mention types

• 5)Describe morphology of labelled cells in above picture


• What is your diagnosis
• SCC cervix

• Write the Caustive agent


• HPV 6 and 11

• What is VIA and VILI


• Visual inspection with acetic acid
• Visual inspection with lugals iodine
• What is your interpretation
• Normal

• Enumerate other such test used screening diagnosis and ruling out
cancer
• Mammography for breast cancer
• FNAC and biopsy of breast , thyroid and lymphnode
• What is the diagnosis
• Mild dyplasia

• What is nature of disease


• Precancerous condition

• Give other example of similar condition


• DCIS
• Barrets esophagus
• Lichen Planus

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