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Multiple Choice Questions: 10X1=10
21) The peripheral blood smear of a silent carrier of α thalassemia typically appears as :
a) Normocytic , normochromic
b) Macrocytic, normochromic
c) Microcytic , hypochromic
d) Macrocytic , hpochromic
22) Laboratory findings in aplastic anemia include all of the following except :
a) Low reticulocyte count
b) Normocellular bone marrow
c) High ESR
d) Low neutrophil count
23) Leukemoid reaction is characterized by the following except :
a) Leucocytosis
b) Increased band forms
c) Shift to the right
d) Increased NAP score
24) A 42-year old man was referred with a 2 week history of fever weakness and bleeding gum.
Peripheral smear showed pancytopenia. The bone marrow examination revealed 26% blasts
frequency exhibiting Auer rods and mature myeloid cells. An occasional neutrophil with
pseudo Pelger-Huet anomaly was also detected. Which of the following cytochemical stains is
most likely to be positive?
a) Acid phosphatase
b) Non-specific esterase
c) Myeloperoxidase
d) Toluidine blue
25) The classification proposed by the International Lymphoma Study Group for non-Hodgkin
lymphoma is
a) Kiel classification
b) REAL classification
c) WHO classification
d) Rappaport classification
26) The most common secondary malignancy in a patient having retinoblastoma is:
a) Osteosarcoma
b) Renal cell carcinoma
c) Pineoblastoma
d) Osteoblastoma
27) Tumors associated with organisms are all except:
a) Hepatocellular cancer
b) Non-small Cell Carcinoma of Lung
c) Gastric cancer
d) Nasopharyngeal cancer
28) Activated partial thromboplastin time is prolonged in :
a) Hemophilia B
b) Factor VIII deficiency
c) Blood vessel disease
d) Hemophilia B & factor VIII deficiency
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29) The most definitive diagnostic test for HCV infection is :
a) HCV Ab IgG by ELIZA
b) HCV Ab IgM by ELIZA
c) Recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA)
d) Viral RNA by PCR
30) Anti-n-DNA antibodies in SLE are :
a) Associated with kidney affection
b) Used in diagnosis and follow up
c) Detected by IIF technique
d) All of the above
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