MPN

A 40-year old male is having intermittent fever, body ache, tiredness and loss of weight; all since 4 months

• Chronic infection

• PUO

• Tuberculosis

• Cancer

• Malingering

Presence of plenty of immature cells like myelocytes, promyelocytes, metamyelocytes in blood smear is known as...

• Shift to right

• Shift to left

• Paradigm shift

• Median shift

Which of the following is NOT a Myeloproliferative neoplasm?

• Chronic myeloid leukaemia

• Secondary polycythemia

• Essential thrombocythaemia

• Primary meylofibrosis

Increase in serum Erythropoetin is suggestive of secondary polycythemia and rules out myloproliferative neoplasm.

• True

• False

What gene defect is MOST likely associated with Polycythemia vera?

• BCR-ABL gene translocation

• t(8;14)

• JAK2 V617F mutation

• t(14;18)

Plenty of Tear Drop cells (Abnormal RBCs) in the blood smear is suggestive of..

• CML

• Polycythemia vera

• Essential thrombocythemia

• Myelofibrosis