Hematology

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

2. Hemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) is not characterised by:

3. Coagulation factor deficient in stored blood is:

4. Splenectomy is contraindicated in:

5. Non-thrombocytopenic purpura is seen in all except:

6. Pelger-Huet anomaly is:

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

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

9. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia is associated with:

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

11. Punctate basophilia is seen in all except:

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

13. Acanthosis nigricans may be associated with all except:

14. The half-life of a platelet is:

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

16. Decreased iron and decreased iron-binding capacity are seen in:

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

18. Pancytopenia may develop from all except:

19. All the following drugs produce methemoglobinaemia except:

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

21. Eosinophilia is caused by all except:

22. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) may be seen in all except:

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

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

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

26. Thalassemia major may be associated with all except:

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

28. The presence of anemia, jaundice and splenomegaly with increased mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) is seen in:

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

30. Total serum LDH is not raised in:

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

32. G6PD may reflect a ‘false normal’ report in:

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

34. Which isolated coagulation factor deficiency causes thrombosis?

35. Which of the following is false in haemophilia?

36. Features of sickle cell anaemia do not include:

37. Erythropoietin is secreted from all of the following tumours except:

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

39. All of the following may produce agranulocytosis except:

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

41. Waldeyer’s ring does not include:

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

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

44. Packed red cells are constructed by:

45. Plasmapheresis may be done in all except:

46. Basophilic stippling is classically seen in:

47. In polycythaemia vera, which is not true?

48. Which of the following is false about methaemoglobinaemia?

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

50. The commonest cause of jaundice in thalassaemia is: