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nelaaney

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on: Jun 25, 2018
A bone marrow review on a 15-year-old girl with acute leukemia revealed many blasts with the following characteristics: high N:C ratio, prominent nucleoli, open chromatin pattern, and basophilic cytoplasm.
 
  Cytochemical staining revealed negative reactivity with MPO and SBB. Nonspecific esterase was positive. No cytogenetic abnormalities were detected. What is the most likely lineage of the blast cells in question?
 
  a. Myeloid
  b. Lymphoid
  c. Monocytic
  d. Erythroid

Question 2

The WHO classification system of AML incorporates which of the following?
 
  a. Morphology of the proliferating cells
  b. Immunophenotyping
  c. Cytogenetic analysis
  d. All of the above


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robbielu01

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: D


nelaaney

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

Joy Chen

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Gracias!

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