Hematology

1. Hand-Schwier-Christian disease does not have:

2. Which of the following is contraindicated in polycythaemia vera?

3. Platelet transfusion is not indicated in:

4. Which of the following does not produce iron overload in the body?

5. Gaisbock’s syndrome is associated with:

6. The best treatment modality in chronic myeloid leukaemia is:

7. Which of the following may develop in sites other than bone marrow?

8. Features of sickle cell anaemia do not include:

9. Patients on aspirin will have:

10. Intravascular half-life of factor-VIII is:

11. Hepatosplenomegaly with lymphadenopathy is found in all except:

12. Total serum LDH is not raised in:

13. Plummer-Vinson syndrome is not associated with:

14. Packed red cells are constructed by:

15. All of the following may cause pain abdomen in thalassaemia major except:

16. The most sensitive and specific test for diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia is:

17. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

18. Basophilic stippling is classically seen in:

19. Multiple myeloma does not feature:

20. Para-hemophilia is a deficiency of factor:

21. Which of the following is false in polycythaemia vera?

22. Which isolated coagulation factor deficiency causes thrombosis?

23. All the following drugs produce methemoglobinaemia except:

24. Leucocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) score is diminished in:

25. Busulfan therapy may lead to all except:

26. All of the following may complicate bone marrow transplantation except:

27. Which of the following is false in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasis?

28. All of the following may produce agranulocytosis except:

29. Sezary syndrome is:

30. Carcinoembryonic antigen is the tumour marker of:

31. HAM test (acid serum test), now an obsolete test, was used to diagnose:

32. Circulating anticoagulants are found in:

33. Which of the following is not seen in hemolytic-uraemic syndrome?

34. Post-splenectomy peripheral blood picture does not contain:

35. Transient myeloproliferative disorder of the newborn is commonly seen in association with:

36. Macrocytosis of RBC is characteristic of all except:

37. Erythropoietin is increased in all except:

38. Burr cells in the blood are seen in:

39. Megakaryocytosis in bone marrow is seen in all except:

40. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is associated with:

41. Microcytic hypochromic anaemia is characteristic of:

42. alpha-interferon is not beneficial in:

43. Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) is a variety of:

44. In chronic granulomatous disease, which is false?

45. Punctate basophilia is seen in all except:

46. Peripheral blood picture is the most useful diagnostic aid in:

47. The commonest cause of jaundice in thalassaemia is:

48. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome does not feature:

49. Gum bleeding is characteristic of all except:

50. Warm-antibody mediated haemolysis is not found in: