KROK 1 2023 – Question 126 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology

Examination detected the following changes in the patient’s peripheral blood: erythrocytes — 3.0 · 10¹²/L, Hb — 80 g/L, leukocytes — 21 · 10⁹/L. The following is observed in the leukogram: basophils — 0%, eosinophils — 0%, myeloblasts — 54%, promyelocytes — 1%, myelocytes — 0%, metamyelocytes — 0%, band neutrophils — 1%, segmented neutrophils — 28%, lymphocytes — 13%, monocytes — 3%. What pathology corresponds with these findings?

  1. A. Acute myeloblastic leukemia
  2. B. Undifferentiated leukemia
  3. C. Erythromyelosis
  4. D. Leukemoid reaction
  5. E. Chronic myeloid leukemia
Hint

Look at the proportion of immature blast cells, the missing intermediate maturation stages in the differential count, and the accompanying anaemia.

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