Sunday, 28 August 2016

MCQ of the Day


A 25 years old female was having fever and weight loss for a period of six months.  Her blood picture showed the leukemic picture.  A bone marrow transplantation was decided.  The leukocyte count was normal after transplantation.  The chromosomal analysis of her blood cells showed 46 XY chromosomes.  What is the most probable cuause of this finding?

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  1. Angleman syndrome
  2. Klinefelter syndrome
  3. Pseudohermaphroditism
  4. The blood WBCs are derived from a male bone marrow
  5. Turner syndrome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer:d

Explanation:

The patient own marrow cells are destroyed before bone marrow transplantation.  The donor cells proliferate and if the donor is male in this case then the blood cell WBCs are of a male karyotype 46XY.

(Choice a) In Angelman syndrome there is uniparental disomy of parental chromosome 15.

(Choice b) In Klinefelter syndrome the kayotype is mostly 47 XXY.  There is male hypogonadism.

(Choice c) In Pseudohermaphroditism there is androgen insensitivity.

(Choice e) In Turner syndrome the Karotype is 45X.

Educational Objective: 

In bone marrow transplantation the blood WBCs are coming from donor marrow which has its own karyotype that is different from the other cells of the person.

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