All are true regarding paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, except:: (A) Haemosiderinuria, (B) Pancytopenia, (C) Increased alkaline phosphatase, (D) Cellular marrow
Answer is C. Answer is C (Increased alkaline phosphatase) PNH is associated with a decreased leukocyte alkaline phosphate scape. Remember the following fact to answer several questions in our kind of examinations by the principle of exclusion: Conditions with decreased LAP scores P.N.H. C.M.L. Conditions with increased LAP scores Polycythemia (-) Leukemoid reaction c.) Infection