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21 Cards in this Set
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What type of anemia requires a bone marrow aspiration for definitive diagnosis?
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Sideroblastic anemia
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Most likely vitamin deficiency related to pancytopenia
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Folate
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What factor is produced in the stomach and required for intestinal absorption of Vitamin B12?
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Intrinsic factor
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What is the most common cause of B12 deficiency?
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Pernicious anemia (lack of intrinsic factor)
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What is the most common cause of folate deficiency?
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Inadequate dietary intake
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What test is used to monitor progression of HIV infection and responses to therapy?
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Plasma viral load
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Most common presentation for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Painless lymphadenopathy
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What is the first step after finding a 1cm mobile, soft thyroid nodule with no associated lymphadenopathy?
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Fine needle aspiration
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Most common type of thyroid cancer
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Papillary
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What test excludes the diagnosis of polycythemia vera if it is suspected?
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Elevated plasma erythropoietin level
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What coagulation factor is NOT vitamin K dependent?
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Factor VIII
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What tumor marker is measured for testicular cancer?
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alpha-fetoprotein
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What tumor marker is measured for colon cancer?
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Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
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What tumor marker is measured for ovarian cancer?
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CA 125
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What tumor marker is measured for prostate cancer?
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PSA
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What tumor marker is measured for carcinoid tumor?
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5-HIAA
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A Negri body is a pathognomonic sign of what disease?
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Rabies
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What type of megaloblastic anemia is associated with neurologic deficits?
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Vitamin B12 deficiency
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Headache, dizziness, visual disturbances, generalized itching, facial plethora, moderate splenomegaly. Likely diagnosis?
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Polycythemia vera
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The presence of Heinz bodies on peripheral smear indicates...
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G6PD deficiency
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What is the most common congenital hemolytic anemia in the white population?
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Hereditary spherocytosis
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