3RD HEMA - Part 3 Flashcards
● Clinical syndrome resembling leukemia (Confused with CML)
● Not a disease, a description only
LEUKEMOID REACTION (LR)
● WBC ct.: >__ X 109/L (with neutrophilia and a marked left
shift [presence of immature neutrophilic forms])
(50) LEUKEMOID REACTION (LR)
● Excessive leukocytic response in the peripheral blood
LEUKEMOID REACTION (LR)
most frequently refers to neutrophils, but the increased
count may be due to an increase in other types of WBCs
LEUKEMOID REACTION (LR)
Generally used to distinguish LR from CML
LEUKOCYTE (NEUTROPHIL) ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (LAP/NAP) TEST
Principle: ↑ LAP activity can be observed in neutrophils that have undergone normal growth.
LEUKOCYTE (NEUTROPHIL) ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
(LAP/NAP) TEST
Principle: Hydrolysis of sodium alpha naphthyl phosphate by alkaline phosphatase produces a colored precipitate with a diazotized amine
KAPLOW’S METHOD
KAPLOW’S METHOD
: Fixative
Methanol and formalin
KAPLOW’S METHOD
Buffer:
Propanediole
KAPLOW’S METHOD
Substrate:
Sodium alpha naphthyl phosphate
mount in a mounting
solution like
Glycerol
KAPLOW’S METHOD
Initial stain:
Brentamine-fast garnet salt
KAPLOW’S METHOD
Counterstain:
Aqueous Mayer’s hematoxylin
No reddish brown to black precipitate
0
Moderately diffused reddish brown to black precipitate
2+
Slightly diffused reddish brown to black precipitate
1+
Very heavily diffused reddish brown to black precipitate
4+
Heavily diffused reddish brown to black precipitate
3+
Normal Kaplow’s (LAP) Score =
15 to 100
Decreased LAP score
Chronic myelogenous
leukemia (CML)
Normal or increased LAP score
Leukemoid reaction (LR)
Examples Of Cases With Increased Kaplow’s (Lap) Score
-Characteristics As Having
Leukemoid Reaction (Lr)
(4)
- Third trimester of pregnancy
- Polycythemia vera
- Infections
- Intoxication
Examples Of Cases With
Decreased Kaplow’s (Lap) Score
(4)
- CML
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- Sideroblastic anemia
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
CML or LEUKEMOID REACTION
Leukocyte in the peripheral blood: Blasts/Promyelocytes
CML