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Which inclusion cannot be visualized by the Wright stain peripheral smear

Heinz bodies

Which function most affect spherocytes as they travel through the circulation

They are less deformable and more sensitive to the low glucose in the spleen

Many individuals with hereditary spherocytosis are prone to jaundice because of

Gallstone disease

What are characteristics of hereditary pyropoikilocytosis

Elliptocytes, spherocytes, and budding red blood cells

What red blood cell morphology is formed as a result of Heinz bodies being pitted from the red blood cell

Bite cells

What hemolytic disorder has red blood cells that are especially sensitive to lysis by complement

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

In the osmotic fragility test, normal red blood cells hemolyze at which level

0.45%

One of the least severe clinical manifestations of G6PD deficiency is

Congenital nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia

An anemia that manifeast as a decreased marrow cellularity, cytopenias in in two cellular elements, and a reticulocytopenia is appropriately termed

Aplastic anemia

Individuals with Fanconi's anemia characteristically show

Increased Hgb F

What is the amino acid substitution in patients with sickle cell anemia

Valine for glutamic acid

What are the factors contributes to the pathophysology of sickling

Dehydration

Most clinically significant hemoglobin variants

Most are single amino acid substitutions

What hemoglobins rank second in variant hemoglobins world wide

Hbg E

What shows crystals appearing like bars of gold in the peripheral smear

Hgb CC

What conditions is the leading cause of hospitalization for sickle cell patients

acute chest syndrome

Which hemoglobin separation methods is used for most newborn hemoglobin screening

Isoelectric focusing

Autosplenectomy is characteristic of

Sickle cell anemia

The Benin haplotype of sickle cell disease is prevalent in which country or countries

West Africa

When the bone marrow temporarily ceases to produce cells in a sickle cell patient an _______ crisis has occurred

Aplastic

What organ plays a vital role in red blood cell health and longevity

Spleen

An autosomal dominant disorder of several membrane proteins is

HS

What is a key protein in HS

spectrin

Spherocytes are _________ deformable and are _______ osmotically fragile

less




more

Patients with hereditary spherocytes have

spenomegaly


jaundice


increase tendency for gallstones disease

The ________ _________ test is a labor intensive by valuable test to assess red blood cell response in different hypotonic salt solutions

osmotic fragility

HE is a membrane disorder of spectrin showing _________ thermal stability

Decreased

What are some clinical variants of HE

common HE


Southeast Asia ovalocytosis


spherocytic HE

A recessive membrane disorder with a vizarre red blood cell morphology that shows hemoglobin budding

Hereditary pyropoikilocytosis

A membrane disorder in which red blood cells have an intrinsic defect to sodium and potassium permeability

Hereditary stomatocytosis

______ is an X-linked recessive disorder with more than 400 variants

G6PD

Drug induced or infection induced hemolysis in G6PD is

intravascular


brisk


self limiting

Hypoproliferative disorder in which there is cellular depletion and a reduced production of blood cells

Aplastic anemia

are rear hyproliferative disorders with congenital malformations

Fanconi's anemia & Diamond Blackfan anemia

a hemolytic anemia that is caused when nine red blood cells become increasingly sensitive to complement lysis

PNH

What is a disease affecting elderly individuals that is caused by an IgM auto-antibody of wide thermal range

CAS

is an extremely rare hemolytic disorder caused by anti P of a wide thermal wide

Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria

Most hemoglobinopathies are the result of single

single amino acid substitution in the beta chain

In sickle cell disorders valine is substituted for ___________ in the ________ position of the beta chain

glutamic acid




sixth

In Hgb C disorders __________ is substituted for glutamic acid in the ________ position of the beta chain

lysine




sixth

The presence of _________ affords some protection against malarial infection of red blood cells

Hgb S

Cells containing _________ as the majority hemoglobin are insoluble in areas of the body with low oxygen tension

Hgb S

Sickle cells clog small vessels during sickling crisis, causing

extensive organ damage and pain

_________ ________ of Hgb S produces sickle cell animia

Homozygous inheritance Hgb SS


_______ ________ produces sickle cell trait

Heterozygous inheritance Hgb AS

Predispose a patient to sickle cell

Hypoxia


acidosis


dehydration


cold


fever

The is an ________ % prevalence of the sickle cell gene among Africa Americans

8-10

______________ is a consequence of repeated infarction to the spleen in young children with sickle cell disease

Auto splenectomy

__________ & _________ a serious complications in sickle cell patients

Stroke


acute chest syndrome

During sickle cell episodes patients show

nucleated red blood cells


sickle cells


target cells


polychromasia

Individuals with sickle cell trait are _________ with rare abnormalities in the peripheral smear

asymptomatic

_______ _______ is the usual screening procedure to determine if Hgb S is present

Dithionite solubility

_______ & ________ provide better methods to isolate hemoglobin bands

Acid or Alkaline electrophoresis


IEF

is the result of inheriting 2 abnormal hemoglobins Hgb S and Hgb C

Hgb SC

Hgb C disease may produce Hgb crystals on

Wright stain

may produce abnormal crystals formation resembling the Washington Monument or fingers in a glove

Hgb SC

may produce condition as severe as sickle cell disease

Hgb S beta thalassemia

is the second most prevalent hemoglobin variant and is seen with great frequency in southeast Asia

Hgb E

_______ & ________ migrate with Hgb S on alkaline electrophoresis

Hgb D & Hgb G