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APML

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t(15;17) PML-RARA

tx: ATRA+arsenic
complications: DIC

very good prognosis

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Good prognoses - AML chromosomal abnormalities

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t(8;21) RUNX1

t(16;16) or inv(16) CBFB

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Good markers for AML

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NPM1 and CEBPA mutations

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Bad marker for AML

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FLT3 internal tandem duplications

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t-AML causes

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alkylating agents -> lose Chr5/7

topoisomerase II inhibitors -> rearrange 11q23 MLL

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Poor prognoses - AML chromosomal abnormalities

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t(1;22) RBM15-MLK1 (megakaryoblasts)

11q23 MLL abnormalities

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CML

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t(9;22) BCR-ABL 210kD protein

Tx: Gleevec

Good prognosis

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Good prognosis - B-ALL chromosomal abnormalities

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t(12;21) RUNX1

Otherwise, best if ages 1-10, if B-ALL vs T-ALL, and with hyperdiploidy

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Bad prognoses - B-ALL chromosomal abnormalities

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t(9;22) BCR-ABL 190kD protein

11q23; MLL

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Classical Hodgkins - best prognosis and worst prognosis

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Best prognosis is lymphocyte-rich Hodgkins

Worst is lymphocyte-poor

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Defining feature of Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkins

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Popcorn cells - multilobated nuclei

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Mantle cell Non-Hodgkin’s B-CLL

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t(11;14) IgH -> Cyclin D (G1->S)

“small”

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Marginal zone Non-Hodgkin’s B-CLL

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Associated with chronic infl., marginal zone only exists if B cells are proliferating ya dummy

“small”

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Follicular Non-Hodgkin’s B-CLL

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t(14;18) IgH -> BCL2 -|apoptosis

“small”

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Burkitt’s lymphoma

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Non-Hodgkin’s B-CLL, intermediate size

IgH -> c-myc (oncogene)

defining features: in Africans, see a jaw mass
Starry sky appearance of blood slides

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Large cell B-CLL

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very diffuse, very aggressive

17
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Defining features of a plasma cell neoplasm

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Rouleaux formation

IL-6

M spike

18
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Rouleaux formation

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RBCs stack on each other in smear

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Defining feature of Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Reed-Steinberg cell, immature B cell which produces tons of cytokines