3.5a WBC Pathology I Flashcards
Lymphoid tissue consists of? (3)
- Thymus
- Spleen
- LNs
What are the (2) divisions of the Hematopoietic System?
- Myeloid Tissue
2. Lymphoid Tissue
Myeloid tissue includes? (2)
BM and the cells derived from it (red cells, platelets, granulocytes, monocytes)
Myelogenous series (6)
- Myeloblast
- Promyelocyte
- Myelocyte
- Metamyelocyte
- Intermediate cell
- Mature cell
How is Promyelocyte differentiated from Myeloblast?
Presence of primary granules in promyelocyte
Of the myelogenous series:
- Youngest
- Scanty cytoplasm
- Nucleolus
Myeloblast
Of the myelogenous series:
- First in series
- Specific granules: basophil, eosinophil, neutrophil
- Nucleus occupies 60% of total cell size
Myelocyte
Of the myelogenous series:
- Sunset-like
- Indented nucleus
Metamyelocyte
- It is a stab/band cell
2. First to appear in PBS (counterpart of reticulocyte)
Intermediate cell
Of the myelogenous series: has filaments separating nuclei?
Mature cell
Refers to the decrease of WBC usually resulting from reduced numbers of NEUTROPHILS
Leukopenia
How is leukopenia similar to anemia?
Same cause: ineffective granulopoiesis (abnormal BM cannot produce WBC)
It refers to a clinically significant reduction in neutrophils
Agranulocytosis
What causes ineffective/inadequate granulocytosis? (4)
- Suppression of hematopietic stem cells
- Suppression of committed granulocyte precursors
- Ineffective maturion
- Congenital conditions
The ff describes which Ineffective/inadequate granulocytosis?
- Aplastic anemia (decrease in RBC, WBC, platelets)
- Granulocytopenia (accompanied by anemia, thrombocytopenia)
Suppression of hematopoietic stem cells
What types of drugs suppress committed granulocytic precursors? (4)
- Alkylating agents
- Antimetabolites
- Chloramphenicol
- Sulfonamides
What causes infective maturation?
Vitamin B12 deficiency –> decreased WBC
What diseases exemplify infective maturation wherein defective precursors die in the marrow? (2)
Hint: Vit. B12 deficiency
- Megaloblastic anemia
2. Myelodysplastic syndrome
An example of an inherited defect in specific genes that impair granulocytic deifferentiation
Kostmann Syndrome - severe chronic neutropenia (manifests as infection with bacteria)
Pathogenesis of Leukopenia (2)
- Suppression of hematopoietic stem cells
2. Increased destruction/accelerated removal of neutrophils
What causes increased destruction/accelerated removal of neutrophils? (3)
- Ig-mediated injury
- Autoantibodies against WBC
- Exposure to drugs - Increased peripheral utiliation
- Massive infection (anergy) - Splenic sequestration (splenomegaly)
- Excessive destruction secondary to enlargement of the spleen
What are the (2) main sources of WBC?
- Bone Marrow
2. Lymph Nodes
What are the (2) proliferative states?
- Reactive: benign proliferation
- BM: Leukocytosis
- LN: Lymphadenitis - Neoplastic: malignant
- BM: Leukemia
- LN: Lymphoma
(2) Reactive proliferation of WBC in BM
- Leukocytosis
2. Leukemoid Reaction
What happens in REACTIVE proliferation of WBC in BM?
Blood proliferates as a result of infection –> spills into peripheral blood
Which reactive process is being described?
- (+) increase in number of white cells in blood
- A common reaction to a variety of INFLAMMATORY states
- It’s focused on the infecting organism
- It could be any of the ff:
- neutrophilia
- lymphocytosis
- eosinophilia
- monocytosis
Leukocytosis
Which leukocytosis is
- seen in bacterial infections (pyogenic bacteria)
- tissue necrosis –> sterile inflammation
Neutrophilia
- Which leukocytosis is seen in chronic, viral, immunologic infections?
- Bordatella pertusis infection
Lymphocytosis
Which leukocytosis is seen in asthma, allergy, parasitic infections?
Eosinophilia
Which leukocytosis is seen in chronic infection, collagen disorder (SLE)?
Monocytosis
Which reactive process is being described?
- (+) high levels of WBC –> stimulation of myelogenous leukemia (reactive only, not leukemic)
- Benign proliferation of WBC in reaction to an overwhelming infection but DOES NOT constitute leukemia
- You do NOT see BLASTS in PBS
Leukemoid reaction
What PBS changes are seen in reactive proliferation? (2)
- Aggravation in the primary granules found in neutrophils
2. Reactive/Atypical lymphocytes
What morphologic changes can be seen in neutrophils during reactive proliferation in the BM? (4)
- Toxic granules
- elaboration/enlargement of ribosomes or endoplastic reticulum
- coarser and darker than the normal neutrophilic granules
- represent abnormal primary/azurophilic granules - Dohle bodies
- patches of dilated ER - Cytoplasmic vacuoles
- Shift to the left
- younger forms of WBC (stabs, myelocytes) are seen (NEVER BLASTS! they indicate neoplastic proliferation)
Which PBS change in reactive proliferation is being described?
- Large lymphocytes without granules (normal N:C ratio)
- (-) Dohle bodies and toxic granules
- Abundant and amoeboid cytoplasm –> RBCs tend to press on its borders (reaction to a virus)
Atypical lymhpocyte
What feature do atypical lymphocytes possess that distinguishes them from blasts?
N:C ratio. Blasts have scanty cytoplasm
Reactive proliferation of WBC in LNs (2)
- Acute lymphadenitis
2. Chronic lymphadenitis
Which process of reactive proliferation in LNs is being described?
- A reactive change secondary to MICROBIOLOGIC AGENTS and their toxins
- Drain foreign bodies, cell debris, bacterial products
- Affects cervical regions (d/t microbial drainage of teeth, tonsils), and axillary and inguinal regions (d/t infection of extremities)
- Nodes involved are PAINFUL and ENLARGED
Acute lymphadenitis
Which process of reactive proliferation in LNs is being described?
- LNs: NOT usually painful, NON-TENDER (nodal enlargement occurs over time)
- Related to VIRAL conditions
- Has three patterns
Chronic lymphadenitis
What are the (3) patterns of chronic lymphadenitits?
- Follicular hyperplasia
- Parafollicular/Paracortical Hyperplasia
- Sinus Histiocytosis
Which pattern of chronic lymphadenitis is being described?
- Refers to B-cell stimulation (humoral immune response)
- Defined by the presence of large oblong GERMINAL CENTERS (secondary follicles), surrounded by a collar of small resting naive B cells (mantle zone)
Follicular hyperplasia
What are the (2) regions of germinal centers?
- Centroblasts: dark zone
2. Centrocytes: light zone
The ff are examples of which patterns of chronic lymphadenitis?
- Toxoplasmosis
- HIV
- RA
Follicular hyperplasia
The ff are examples of which patterns of chronic lymphadenitis?
- Drugs
- IM
- Vaccines
Parafollicular hyperplasia
Which pattern of chronic lymphadenitis is being described?
1. Refers to T-cell stimulation
Parafollicular hyperplasia
In parafollicular hyperplasia, T-cells contain activated t-cells which are 3-4 times the size of resting lymphocytes that have round nuclei, open chromatin, several prominent nucleoli, and moderate amounts of pale cytoplasm. What do you call these cells?
Immunoblasts
Which pattern of chornic lymphadenitis is being described?
- Increase in the number and size of cells that line lymphatic sinusoids
- Lining lymphatic endothelial cells are hypertrophied
- Macrophages are increased in number
–>expansion and distention of sinuses
Sinus histiocytosis
What cells stimulate histiocytes and macrophages?
TH1 cells
Macrophages eat upB-cells that fail to produce Ab. These are seen in germinal centers as?
Tingle bodies - they kill bacteria
What are the broad categories of neoplastic proliferative states acc to cell origin? (4)
- Lymphoid neoplasm
- Plasma cell dyscrasias
- Myeloid neoplasms
- Histiocytoses
- All that come from myeloid stem cells
2. Only in BM
Myelogenous leukemia
Tumors of B-cell, T-cell, NK cell origin
Lymphoid neoplasm
Sources lymphoid neoplasm (2).
- BM: leukemia
2. LN: lymphoma
Which category of neoplastic proliferative states is being described?
- Predominantly in BM
- Leukemic type of manifestations ONLY
- Arise from hematopoietic progenitors
Myeloid neoplasm
(3) categories of Myeloid neoplasms
- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorder
Which category of myeloid neoplasm is being described?
1. immature proliferative cells accumulate in the BM
AML
Which category of myeloid neoplasm is being described?
1. Associated with infective hematopoiesis –> peripheral blood cytopenias
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Which category of myeloid neoplasm is being described?
1. Increased production of one or more terminally differentiated myeloid elements –> elevated peripheral blood count
Chronic myeloproliferative disorder
Which neoplastic proliferative state is being described?
1. Uncommon proliferative lesion of macrophages and dendritic cells
Histiocytoses