KROK 1 2007 – Question 143 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology

A 23 y.o. patient complains of weakness, temperature rise up to 38–40 °C. Objectively: liver and spleen are enlarged. Hemogram: Hb- 100 g/l, erythrocytes - 2.9 · 10¹²/l, leukocytes 4.4 · 10⁹/l, thrombocytes - 48 · 10⁹/l, segmentonuclear neutrophils - 17%, lymphocytes - 15%, blast cells - 68%. All cytochemical reactions are negative. Make a hematological conclusion:

  1. A. Acute lymphoblastic leukosis
  2. B. Acute erythromyelosis
  3. C. Undifferentiated leukosis
  4. D. Acute myeloblastic leukosis
  5. E. Chronic myeloleukosis
Hint

Consider what negative myeloperoxidase, lipid and glycogen stains on a population of blasts imply about whether their lineage can be assigned.

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