13 Hematologic Disorders Flashcards
-Proliferation of lymph cells in response
to an antigenic challenge n Location
-oropharynx, soft palate, lateral tongue, FOM
-Lymphadenopathy
-acute- enlarged, tender, soft, freely
movable
-chronic- enlarged, non-tender, rubbery, firm, freely moveable
-Tonsillarasymmetry
-Potentially serious sign- R/O neoplasia
Lymphoid Hyperplasia
*****Represents a variety of bleeding disorders associated with genetic deficiencies of any one of the clotting factors
Hemophilia
- hemophilia A - factor VIII deficiency, 85%
- hemophilia B - factor IX deficiency, 1/50,000
- von Willebrand’s disease - deficiency of a plasma glycoprotein; 1/800
- joints can get huge
clinical features:
- X-linked
- severity depends on extent of clotting factor deficiency
- Increased coagulation time is a hallmark feature
- Hemarthrosis (big joints)
- ASA (aspirin) strictly contraindicated
Hemophilia
-80% to 90% of hemophiliac patients treated with cryoprecipitate
- General term for a drop in the Hematocrit or Hemoglobin concentration
- Develops when not enough RBC to transport oxygen to organs or RBC deficient in hemoglobin
- often a sign of an underlying disease (blood loss, decreased production of rbcs, or increased destruction of rbcs)
anemia (iron deficient is the most common?)
- Causes:
- renal failure, liver disease, chronic inflammatory diseases, malignancies, vitamin or mineral deficiencies
what are the symptoms of anemia?
- Central: fatigue, dizzyness, pallor (mouth and palpebral conjuntiva), fainting
- Heart: palpitations, rapid heart rate, chest pain, angina, heart attack, low blood pressure
- Respiratory: SOB
- Muscular: weakness
- Skin: paleness, yellowing, coldness
- Spleen: enlargement
- Intestinal: changed stool color
In sickle cell anemia patients, they are susceptible to infection, what organism is especially associated with sickle cell?
Streptococcus pneumoniae (?)
what is sickle cell anemia, and what are the different types?
- an inherited blood disorder of blacks and those of mediterranean origin
- severe disorder of hemoglobin synthesis
- Heterozygous-sickle cell trait- asymptomatic
- homozygous-sickle cell anemia- Females
- abnormal hemoglobin causes cells to sickle in presence of low oxygen
if you seen “hair-on-end” manifestation on skull radiograph, the patient has….?
sickle cell anemia
what conditions can trigger the sickleing phenomenon of sickle cell anemia?
- exercise, exertion, administration of general anesthetic, pregnancy, sleep
- sickle cells can’t pass through small blood vessels and are destroyed more rapidly than normal
-Clinical/Oral Features
-Weakness/fatigue
-Shortness of breath
-Joint pain
-Nausea
-Loss of trabeculation with development of
large marrow spaces
-Step-ladder trabeculation
-Hair-on-end skull a
appearance
sickle cell anemia
description of hair on end appearance
- Ineffective erythropoiesis, peripheral destruction of erythrocytes or decreased oxygenation of arterial blood lead to exuberant hyperplasia of the erythroid linage in the bone marrow.
- The constant quest for more space for erythropoiesis leads to widening of the diploid space of the cranial vault, thinning of the outer table with trebecular destruction and thickening of the remaining trabeculae perpendicular to the curvature of the brain.
diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell anemia
- Diagnosis
- Blood smear reveals sickle cells
- Hematocrit and mean hemoglobin low
- Treatment
- Symptomatic and supportive
- Administration of oxygen and fluids
- Can lead to cardiac failure
1) Reduced synthesis of either alpha or beta globulin chains of the hemoglobin molecule
2) Heterozygous form – only one gene involved – thalassemia minor – asymptomatic
3) Homozygous form – more than one gene - thalassemia major (Mediterranean or Cooley’s anemia) severe hemolytic anemia due to damage to red blood cell membranes and destruction of RBCs
Thalassemia
- treated with blood transfusions
- their spleen can get huge
1) Clinical manifestations
a) T. major begins early in life – pale, listless,
infections
b) Yellow skin, pallor, fever, malaise, weakness
c) Prominent cheekbones, depressed nasal bridge, prominent premaxilla, flaring of maxillary anterior teeth
2) Oral manifestations
a)Peculiar trabecular pattern in jaws
b)Some trabeculae are prominent, others blur and disappear – “salt and pepper” appearance
c) Thinning of lamina dura
d) Circular radiolucencies in alveolar bone
e) Hair on end appearance of skull
Thalassemia
treatment for thalassemia
- Blood transfusions q2-4 weeks (4-6 hours) + nightly
- subcutaneous infusion deferoxamine 10-12 hours -Splenectomy
- These provide periods of remission but prognosis is poor – for some patients BMT is successful
1) Life threatening
2) Failure of hematopoietic precursor cells in BM to produce adequate numbers of all types of blood cells
3) Thought to be an immune-mediated disease caused by cytotoxic T lymphocytes targeting hematopoietic cells
Aplastic Anemia
1) Hematopoietic stem cells do not undergo normal maturation in spite of normal or increased levels of cytokines (such as GMCSF)
2) Underlying trigger for the immune mediated destruction unknown
3) Environmental toxins, drugs, viruses, genetic (Fanconi’s anemia and dyskeratosis congenita)
aplastic anemia
what are the clinical findings of aplastic anemia?
- Erythrocyte deficiency sign of anemia
- Platelet deficiency signs of thrombocytopenia
- Retinal and cerebral hemorrhages
- WBC deficiency (neutropenia, leukopenia and granulocytopenia) lead to bacterial and fungal infections and often cause of death
1) Decrease in the number of circulating neutrophils below 1500/mm3
2) increased susceptibility to infection
- Mechanisms
- Decreased production n Increased destruction
- Drugs- chemo, antibiotics, diuretics, etc n -Nutrition- Vit. B12 or folate deficiency
- Bacterial and viral inflections
3) S. aureus and gram-negative organisms
4) Gingival mucosa- - common site
Neutropenia
- this is a correctable disease,
- tx with G-CSF and GM-CSF(?)
- Cells of the granulocytic series are absent
- Decreased production
- Increased destruction n Idiopathic
- Drug induced
- Clinical symptoms
- Malaise, sore throat, fever, swelling chills, bone pain, pneumonia, shock
- Oral lesions are common (ulcerations and NUG)
- Treatment: Discontinue drug; G-CSF and GM-CSF
- Mortality was 20-30%; now improved with cytokines and antibiotics
Agranulocytosis
-the difference between this and neutropenia is neutropenia is only neutrophils, but this is all the granulocytes