Rheumatology & Haematology — Flashcards
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Patients >60 years old with persistent bone pain or an unexplained fracture should be assessed for _____
Hint: what condition?
_____ is used for staging and assessing treatment response in lymphomas
Hint: Investigation
_____ presenting with unexplained lymphadenopathy should be considered for a 2-week-wait referral for lymphoma
Diagnostic criteria for MGUS in patients with serum paraprotein: 1. _____ 2. Monoclonal plasma cells in bone marrow <10% 3. Absence of symptoms (or organ involvement)
Anaemia and thrombocytopenia associated with myeloma is caused by _____
Hint: what pathological process?
The diagnostic criteria for myeloma can be remebered using the SLiM CRAB mnemonic. A individual with _____ AND any 1 of the following has myeloma: ≥ Sixty % plasma cells in marrow Light chain ratio ≥100 ≥ 1 focal lesion ≥5mm on MRI HyperCalcaemia Renal impairment Anaemia: Hb <100 g/L or 20g below normal Bone involvement (lytic lesion, osteoporosis, pathological fractures)
Lymphoma associated lymphadenopathy is _____ and asymmetrical
Hint: Painful/less
Hodgkin's lymphoma is rarely associated with painful lymph nodes after consuming _____
The clinical features of myeloma can be memorised using the _____ mnemonic.
What are the B symptoms? _____, Drenching night sweats, Unintentional weight loss of >10% over 6 months
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