CPTC: HEMATOLOGY: CHAPTER 8: THE NORMOCHROMIC
ANEMIAS CAUSED BY HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GUARANTEED
PASS
The hemoglobin variant that is seen frequently in the Southeast Asian population,
and migrates with Hgb C at pH 8.6, is:
A. Barts
B. F
C. E
D. H
C
A blood smear from a patient with sickle cell crisis shows 80 nucleated red cells
per 100 leukocytes. The total leukocyte count is 18 ´ 109/L. The corrected white
cell count is:
A. 17,200
B. 9,000
C. 10,000
D. 13,400
C
,A patient with sickle cell anemia may develop cardiopulmonary disease due to:
A. Untreated leg ulcers
B. High blood viscosity
C. Increased Hgb F levels
D. Hemolytic crisis
B
Autosplenectomy is characteristic of:
A. Sickle cell trait
B.Hgb C disease
C. Thalassemia
D. Sickle cell anemia
D
The Benin haplotype of sickle cell disease is prevalent in which country or
countries?
A. Saudi Arabia and Asia
B. Senegal
C. West Africa
D. Central and South Africa
C
When the bone marrow temporarily ceases to produce cells in a sickle cell
patient, a(n) _________ crisis has occurred.
A) aplastic
B) hemolytic
, C) vaso-occlusive
D) cardiac
A
Mr. Bennett was admitted with a hematocrit of 28%. He has a history of chronic
anemia, moderate splenomegaly, and recent retinal hemorrhages. His peripheral
smear reveals target cells, and some show structures jutting from the red cell
membrane. The most probable diagnosis is:
A)Hgb S-S
B)Hgb A-C
C)Hgb S-C
D)Hgb A-A
C
Sickle cell disease is best differentiated from sickle cell trait by:
A) Wright smear examination
B) Determination of fetal hemoglobin
C) Genetic testing
D) Hemoglobin electrophoresis
D
Which of the following "poikilocytes" are classically associated with
hemoglobinopathies and liver disease?
A)Spherocytes
B)Sickle cells
ANEMIAS CAUSED BY HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED 100% GUARANTEED
PASS
The hemoglobin variant that is seen frequently in the Southeast Asian population,
and migrates with Hgb C at pH 8.6, is:
A. Barts
B. F
C. E
D. H
C
A blood smear from a patient with sickle cell crisis shows 80 nucleated red cells
per 100 leukocytes. The total leukocyte count is 18 ´ 109/L. The corrected white
cell count is:
A. 17,200
B. 9,000
C. 10,000
D. 13,400
C
,A patient with sickle cell anemia may develop cardiopulmonary disease due to:
A. Untreated leg ulcers
B. High blood viscosity
C. Increased Hgb F levels
D. Hemolytic crisis
B
Autosplenectomy is characteristic of:
A. Sickle cell trait
B.Hgb C disease
C. Thalassemia
D. Sickle cell anemia
D
The Benin haplotype of sickle cell disease is prevalent in which country or
countries?
A. Saudi Arabia and Asia
B. Senegal
C. West Africa
D. Central and South Africa
C
When the bone marrow temporarily ceases to produce cells in a sickle cell
patient, a(n) _________ crisis has occurred.
A) aplastic
B) hemolytic
, C) vaso-occlusive
D) cardiac
A
Mr. Bennett was admitted with a hematocrit of 28%. He has a history of chronic
anemia, moderate splenomegaly, and recent retinal hemorrhages. His peripheral
smear reveals target cells, and some show structures jutting from the red cell
membrane. The most probable diagnosis is:
A)Hgb S-S
B)Hgb A-C
C)Hgb S-C
D)Hgb A-A
C
Sickle cell disease is best differentiated from sickle cell trait by:
A) Wright smear examination
B) Determination of fetal hemoglobin
C) Genetic testing
D) Hemoglobin electrophoresis
D
Which of the following "poikilocytes" are classically associated with
hemoglobinopathies and liver disease?
A)Spherocytes
B)Sickle cells
