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USMLE Hematology Question Bank
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Hematology is the study of blood and the disorders related to it. Human blood consists of blood cells and plasma

USMLE Hematology Question Bank
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1. What kind of organism is Borrelia burgdorferi? 2. How is it transmitted? 3. What disease does it cause? 4. What are some of the clinical features?

2. What happens to bone marrow in hemoglobinopathies?

3. Autosplenecetomy is characteristic of what hematological disease? 2. Why does it occur?

4. What biochemical process is abnormal in newborns with Vit K deficiency? 2. What measure of clotting is prolonged in these situations? 3. What is this condition called in newborns?

5. What causes thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura? 2. Briefly what is the pathophys? 3. What is the pentad associated wtih TTP?

6. What is used to treat von willibrand disease?

7. What infection occurs more commonly in people with sickle cell anemia? 2. Why?

8. Auer rods are seen in what? 2. Rapid lysis of these cells can cause what?

9. What is nitrite use to treat?

10. Autoantibodies to erythrocyte membrane proteins is the cause of what disease?

11. Clinical features of SVC syndrome? 2. Common causes of this?

12. Why are women on OCP at increased risk of VTE? 2. What other condition is associated with increased VTE risk for same reason as OCP?

13. What are features of disseminated histoplasmosis? 2. What are risk factors? 3. What is treatment?

14. What sort of presentation does G6PD typically occur as? 2. What drug class classically is associated wtih G6PD deficiency hemolysis? 3. On peripheral blood smear after G6PD deficiency induced hemolytic episode numerous RBC can be see with distinct inclusions. What are these called? What is the composition of these inclusions?

15. What is a common cause of methemoglobinemia? 2. What does it cause? 3. What do you give for treatment? Why does this work?

16. An infant with acute swelling and pain in extremities and chronic anemia should be suspected of having what condition? 2. What is this pain the the extremities called? Why does it occur?

17. What class of drugs is preferred for treatment of DVT in pregnancy? 2. Why?

18. What is Rickettsia prowazekii? 2. What is the vector?

19. What carcinoma is associated with infectious mononucleosis? 2. What lymphomas is it associated with?

20. What is treatment for people with Fe deficient anemia? 2. Treatment for people with megaloblastic anemia with hypersegmented neutrophils? 3. Treatment for people with anemia of chronic disease?

21. What does Burkitt lymphoma look like on histology? 2. Where is endemic form commonly found and how does it commonly present? 3. What infection is the endemic form strongly associated with?

22. What acute condition is associated with antibodies against GP1B of platelets? 2. Who is this condition seen in most often? 3. What often precipitates this condition?

23. A child who has a mutated defective enzyme responsible for catalyzing the last step in glycolysis has what condition? 2. What does this condition cause an accumulation of? 3. What does this accumulation cause?

24. What is Bernard-Soulier syndrome? 2. What is typical presentation?

25. What is EDTA used for?