KROK 1 2021 – Question 135 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A man, who has arrived from Tunisia, has alpha-thalassemia with hemolysis of erythrocytes and jaundice. The disease was diagnosed based on the presence of the following in the patient’s blood:
- A. Polychromatophilic erythrocytes
- B. Target erythrocytes
- C. Granular erythrocytes
- D. Normocytes
- E. Reticulocytes
Hint
Think about the characteristic red cell shape on a blood smear in thalassemia, where reduced globin synthesis leaves cells pale with excess membrane relative to haemoglobin.
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