Hematology

1. Which of the following is not true regarding features of hyperviscosity syndrome?

2. Patients on aspirin will have:

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

4. Which of the following is not true in thrombasthenia?

5. Plummer-Vinson syndrome is not associated with:

6. Cooley’s anemia is:

7. Circulating anticoagulants are found in:

8. Which is not a vitamin K-dependent factor:

9. Macrocytic-hypochromic anemia is found in:

10. Alopecia mucinosa may be seen in:

11. Pelger-Huet anomaly is:

12. All of the following are true in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) except:

13. Reed-Sternberg cell is found in all except:

14. Chloroma is found in:

15. Red cell osmotic fragility is increased in:

16. Bence-Jones proteins are derived from which type of globulin?

17. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome does not feature:

18. Which of the following is not seen in sickle cell anaemia?

19. Busulfan therapy may lead to all except:

20. Pancytopenia may develop from all except:

21. alpha-interferon is not beneficial in:

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

23. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is associated with:

24. The commonest cause of jaundice in thalassaemia is:

25. Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is classified under the name:

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

27. Histiocytosis-X disease does not include:

28. Basophilic stippling is classically seen in:

29. Vitamin C is used in low dose (3 mg/kg) in thalassaemia major as in high dose, it produces:

30. Hepatosplenomegaly with lymphadenopathy is found in all except:

31. Thrombocytopenia is absent in:

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

33. The prominent feature of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is:

34. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

35. Which of the following is not associated with a microangiopathic blood picture?

36. Bone marrow examination is essential in:

37. Pseudolymphoma may be produced by all except:

38. All the following drugs produce methemoglobinaemia except:

39. Gaisbock’s syndrome is associated with:

40. Serum alkaline phosphatase level in multiple myeloma is usually?

41. In polycythaemia vera, which is not true?

42. Multiple myeloma does not feature:

43. Which of the following does not have target cells in peripheral blood?

44. The largest organ system’ in the human body is:

45. Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia commonly has all the features except:

46. Commonest pathogen involved in sickle cell anemia-induced osteomyelitis is:

47. Migratory thrombophlebitis is commonly due to:

48. Which of the following is false regarding Philadelphia chromosome?

49. Packed red cells are constructed by:

50. Which of the following is not found in eosinophilic granuloma?