Hematology

1. Busulfan therapy may lead to all except:

2. Leucocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) score is high in all except:

3. Pelger-Huet anomaly is:

4. Which is a bad prognostic sign of Hodgkin’s disease?

5. Red cell osmotic fragility is increased in:

6. Spur cell anaemia is seen in:

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

8. Among the following, the treatment of choice in hairy cell leukaemia is:

9. All of the following may produce agranulocytosis except:

10. Cooley’s anemia is:

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

12. Acanthosis nigricans may be associated with all except:

13. Which of the following is associated with prolonged bleeding time?

14. Pancytopenia may develop from all except:

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

16. Patients on aspirin will have:

17. Which isolated coagulation factor deficiency causes thrombosis?

18. All are examples of hypoplastic anaemia except:

19. Eosinophilia is caused by all except:

20. Lifespan of platelets is:

21. All are features of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia except:

22. Migratory thrombophlebitis is commonly due to:

23. Thrombocytopenia is absent in:

24. Which of the following is not true in polycythaemia vera?

25. Gaisbock’s syndrome is associated with:

26. All are true regarding midline granuloma except:

27. Erythropoietin is increased in all except:

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

29. Para-hemophilia is a deficiency of factor:

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

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

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

33. Plasmapheresis may be done in all except:

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

35. Which of the following is not a myeloproliferative disorder?

36. Low-dose arsenic trioxide has recently been used in relapsed patients of:

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

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

39. Raised Fe and normal TIBC are found in:

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

41. Serum vitamin B12 level is increased in:

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

43. Malignancy of which lineage is associated with autoimmune haemolytic anemia?

44. Microcytic hypochromic anaemia is characteristic of:

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

46. Splenectomy is contraindicated in:

47. Which of the following anaemias is associated with splenomegaly?

48. Which is not true in relation to multiple myeloma?

49. Waldeyer’s ring does not include:

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