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Neoplastic proliferation of haemopeoietic or lymphoid cells
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Neoplastic proliferation of lymphoid cells
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Neoplastic proliferation of bone marrow
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In acute leukaemia, abnormality occurs in mature cells
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Acute leukaemia is described as a block in differentiation
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Acute leukaemia is caused by acute proliferation of...
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Myeloblasts
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Lymphoblasts
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Both (rare)
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Both (most common)
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What are the symptoms of chronic leukaemia?
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Acute leukaemia is recognised by a certain type of cell being up to 50% of bone marrow cells?
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Blasts
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Reticulocytes
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Lympocytes
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In A.L, there are often reticulocytes in the peripheral blood
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Leukaemia is caused by clonal proliferation from a single cell
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How can you (sometimes) differentiate between a myeloblast and a lymphoblast?
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Myeloblasts have auer rods
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Lymphoblasts have auer rods
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Myeloblasts have a large, pale nucleus
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Lymphoblasts have a large, pale nucleus
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Matched Unrelated Donor
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Myeloblast Unknown Death
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Myeloblasts Under Duress
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Remission - no disease in the blood
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Why use the Minimal Residual Disease (MUD)?
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BMT - Bone Marrow Transplant
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B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia has a poor prognosis for children but a good one for adults
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Which of the following is has the poorer prognosis
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What is found in cytogenetic testing of ALL?
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Hyperploidy
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Aneuploidy
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Nullosomy
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Which of the following are found in ALL cytochemistry?
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MPX/SB are neg
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MPX/SB are pos
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PAS block pos
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PAS block neg
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Which of the following are found in Immunophenotyping for ALL?
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What is true of AML?
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Inc WBC
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Dec RBC
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Dec Plateles
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Inc RBC
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Inc Platelets
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AML means there is no normal cells
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What markers are used in Flow Cytometry to identify AML?
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AML is more common in adult women
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When is AML called 'De Novo'
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Which of the following is common in AML (as opposed to ALL)
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Match up the following- A = Fatigue, B= Fever/Infections, C= Spontaneous Bruising
1 = Low Platelets 2= Low Hb 3 = Low WBC
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A2, B3, C1
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A1, B2, C3
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A3 B2 C1
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CML- accumulation of mature myeloid cells
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Genetic anomalies in CML occur low down where they effect cells
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What happens in 95% of cases to cause AML?
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In indentifying CML, immunophenotyping is useless
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CML is more common in adult men
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What is the WBC in CML?
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>50 x 10^9/l
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<30 x 10^9/l
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>75 x 10^9/l
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What will be found in a CML bone marrow sample?
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Bone marrow is hypercellular
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Bone marrow is hypocellular
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Myeloid cells are present at all developmental stages
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Inc Neutraphil Alkaline Phosphatase
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Red Neutraphil Alkaline Phosphatase
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Glivec stops CML cells dividing, but is expensive
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CLL- Neoplastic proliferation of mature looking lymphocytes
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What ususally happens in CML?
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Lymphoids form masses in the bone marrow, spleen and lymph nodes
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Lymphoids lyse and release contents as they are made poorly
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Lymphs begin attacking body cells
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In CLL, the lymph population can be over 300x the normal
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What are smear cells?
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Cells that rupture during a smear
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Cells so malleable they look like smudges
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Cells so deformed they form masses, which look like smears
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In CLL, the bone marrow is <25% lymphocytes
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What does immunophenotyping in CLL tell us?
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CLL is more common in old men