Question 26 (part 2) · LEK · Acute leukemias
Indicate the true statements concerning a proliferative blood disease:
1) Philadelphia chromosome presence is stated in 50% of chronic myelogenous leukaemia cases.
2) mediastinal tumor never causes upper vena cava syndrome.
3) the median diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia is 57 years old.
4) outpatient complete blood count and abdominal ultrasound in a child with suspected acute myeloid leukaemia may delay diagnosis.
5) to diagnose acute myeloid leukemia, a minimum of 20% blast cells must be detected in the blood and/or bone marrow smear.
The correct answer is:
2) mediastinal tumor never causes upper vena cava syndrome.
3) the median diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia is 57 years old.
4) outpatient complete blood count and abdominal ultrasound in a child with suspected acute myeloid leukaemia may delay diagnosis.
5) to diagnose acute myeloid leukemia, a minimum of 20% blast cells must be detected in the blood and/or bone marrow smear.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,45.
- B. 15.
- C. 1,3,5.
- D. 4,5.
- E. 2,3,4,5.
Hint
Recall the WHO blast threshold for AML and how often BCR-ABL1 is found in CML.
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