Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Lawrie Greenfield    

Theme: Cytopathology

OPTION LIST

A	Auer Rod	I	Negri Body
B	Bite Cell	J	Owl-Eyes
C	Brown cytoplasmic Granuloma	K	Reed Sternberg Cell
D	Heinz Body	L	Ring Sideroblasts
E	Henderson-Peterson Body	M	Schistocyte
F	Howell Jolly Body	N	Schizonts
G	Hyper-Segmented Neutrophils	O	Small Round Blue Cell
H	Mallory Body	P	Smear Cell

For each scenario below, choose the most likely cytological abnormality from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

1. Which cytological feature might be seen in Ewing’s Sarcoma?

2. Which cytological feature might be seen on bone-marrow aspirate in a patient who is not properly incorporating plentiful iron into haemoglobin?

3. Which cytological feature is eosinophillic and may be seen on a liver biopsy of a long-term alcoholic?

4. Which cytological feature might be seen on a blood film alongside Heinz-Erlich Bodies in G6PD deficiency?

5. Which cytological feature might be seen in cells infected with Cytomegalovirus?

ANSWERS

1. O

2. L

3. H

4. B

5. J