Leukocyte Disorders Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• neutrophilia : increase in neutrophils often seen in infections
• leukopenia : abnormally low total white cell count
• hypersegmented : abnormal neutrophil with many nuclear lobes seen in megaloblastic anemia
• eosinophil : cell type increased in allergies and parasitic infection
• trap: leukocyte inclusion seen in hairy cell leukemia
• virocyte : abnormal lymphocyte seen in infectious mononucleosis
• auerrod : granular rod-like inclusion seen in aml
• cll : chronic leukemia with “smudge cells”
• polycythemiavera : stem cell disorder producing excessive rbcs
• basophil : bilobed cell elevated in hypersensitivity
• agranulocytosis : extreme neutropenia (<0.5 x10⁹/l)
• lymphocytosis : increase in lymphocytes above normal range
• hodgkinslymphoma : leukemia marked by reed–sternberg cells
• mycosisfungoides : t-cell lymphoma beginning in skin (psoriasis-like)
• multiplemyeloma : plasma cell cancer with bence-jones protein
• cml : myeloid leukemia associated with philadelphia chromosome
• gauchers : disorder producing macrophages with wrinkled cytoplasm
• wiscottaldrich : genetic absence of igm causing immunodeficiency
• atypical : abnormal variant lymphocyte seen in ebv infection
• nezelof : congenital t-cell deficiency disorder due to thymus defect