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Mollykgkg

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A laboratory professsional reviewed the CBC of a patient who had a WBC count of 5  103/L with 32 blasts present. Follow up testing with cytogenetics revealed t(15;17)(q22;q12). Which of the following is a likely diagnosis for the patient?
 
  a. APL
  b. MDS
  c. MPN
  d. CLL

Question 2

A PAS stain is ordered on a leukemic patient. The test is performed, and the technologist confirms that the PAS stain is positive with coarse granularity. Based on these findings, from what is the patient most likely suffering?
 
  a. Acute myelomonocytic leukemia
  b. Acute erythroleukemia
  c. Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
  d. AML with minimal differentiation


cloudre37

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

Correct Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: B


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