Hematology

1. All of the following produce microcytic anaemia except:

2. Features of sickle cell anaemia do not include:

3. Multiple myeloma does not feature:

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

5. Agranulocytosis may be seen in treatment with:

6. Burr cells in the blood are seen in:

7. Basophilic stippling is classically seen in:

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

9. The half-life of a platelet is:

10. Splenectomy is virtually curative in:

11. Which of the following is false about methaemoglobinaemia?

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

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

14. Which of the following is not a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)?

15. Macrocytic-hypochromic anemia is found in:

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

17. Gaisbock’s syndrome is associated with:

18. Circulating anticoagulants are found in:

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

20. Bone marrow examination is essential in:

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

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

23. An incorrect statement in pernicious anaemia is:

24. Carcinoembryonic antigen is the tumour marker of:

25. Coagulation factor deficient in stored blood is:

26. Myelophthisic anemia is characterised by all except:

27. Virchow’s node receives lymphatics from all except:

28. Auer rods are found in:

29. Hepatosplenomegaly with lymphadenopathy is found in all except:

30. All the following drugs produce methemoglobinaemia except:

31. Pancytopenia may develop from all except:

32. Splenectomy is contraindicated in:

33. Pseudolymphoma may be produced by all except:

34. Palpable purpura is seen in:

35. All are examples of hypoplastic anaemia except:

36. Epitrochlear adenopathy may be produced by all except:

37. Spur cell anaemia is seen in:

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

39. ‘Suggilations’ are haemorrhagic spots in the size of:

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

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

42. Total serum LDH is not raised in:

43. ‘Cast iron spleen’ is classically found in:

44. All are features of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia except:

45. Erythropoietin is increased in all except:

46. Macrocytosis of RBC is characteristic of all except:

47. Increased serum iron and reduced iron-binding capacity are features of:

48. alpha-interferon is not beneficial in:

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

50. Henoch-Schonlein purpura is not associated with: