Hematopathology — MCQs

Which subtype of Hodgkin lymphoma is characterized by the lymphohistiocytic variant of Reed-Sternberg cells?

For a thalassemic patient requiring recurrent transfusions who develops fever and chills after transfusion, what modification of the blood product can decrease the incidence of transfusion reactions?

What is the most common cause of hereditary spherocytosis?

All of the following are poor prognostic markers of multiple myeloma, except?

Multiple punched-out lesions in the soft skull are characteristic of which condition?

A peripheral smear demonstrates leukemia composed of small mature lymphocytes without blast forms. What is the most likely age of this patient?

The c-myc oncogene is located on chromosome 8. Which of the following hematologic malignancies is characteristically associated with a translocation involving the c-myc gene?

Low haptoglobin in hemorrhage is masked by the concurrent presence of which of the following conditions?

A patient presents with anemia and thrombocytopenia, and peripheral blood smear shows neutrophils with inclusions. What is the most probable diagnosis?

A 30-year-old female patient presents with weakness and fatigue. Physical examination reveals koilonychia and pale mucous membranes. She also gives a history of irregular and heavy menstruation. The peripheral blood smear will most likely show anemia of which kind?