Hematology

1. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

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

3. Histiocytosis-X disease does not include:

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

5. Which test detects haemolytic anemia?

6. Which of the following is not true in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura?

7. alpha-interferon is not beneficial in:

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

9. Busulfan therapy may lead to all except:

10. Which of the following is not associated with hypersplenism?

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

12. Thrombasthenia may be seen in all of the following except:

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

14. Lifespan of platelets is:

15. Auer rods are found in:

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

17. All of the following are seen in intravascular haemolysis except:

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

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

20. Bone marrow examination is essential in:

21. Basophilia is classically found in:

22. Pelger-Huet anomaly is:

23. Microcytic hypochromic anaemia is characteristic of:

24. Palpable purpura is seen in:

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

26. Carcinoembryonic antigen is the tumour marker of:

27. Macrocytosis of RBC is characteristic of all except:

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

29. Sideroblastic anemia may be treated by all except:

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

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

32. Red cell osmotic fragility is increased in:

33. Features of sickle cell anaemia do not include:

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

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

36. Cooley’s anemia is:

37. Which is not an example of microangiopathic haemolytic anemia?

38. Giant lysosomal granules in granulocytes associated with albinism is known as:

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

40. Circulating anticoagulants are found in:

41. Multiple myeloma does not feature:

42. Sezary syndrome is:

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

44. In polycythaemia vera, which is not true?

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

46. Chloroma is found in:

47. In chronic granulomatous disease, which is false?

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

49. Henoch-Schonlein purpura is not associated with:

50. The most effective treatment of polycythaemia vera is: