4. WBC Pathology Flashcards
monocytes, megakaryocytes, granulocytes and erythrocytes MMEG all come from the same stem cell lineage- myeloid (MPO positive), where do B T NK cell derive from?
Lymphoid progenitor cell - NOTE NK cells have granules
TdT positive
Adult red bone marrow is ACTIVE meaning this is where you want to get a BM biopsy from, most specifically what region? Note: adult yellow bone marrow is mainly in the long bones and it is NOT active
BM bx in PSIS (ribs, skull, shoulder, clavicle hands, feet all active and pelvis)
Monocytes and granulocytes are from the same lineage (myeloid), granulocytes include eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils, and then there are lymphocytes, all make up the white blood cells, normal WBC is around what?
4.8-10.8 x10^3
granulocytes make up 40-70% of WBC
RBC should have 5million (5x10^6)
platelets should be 150 x10^3 (150000)
Monocytes and granulocytes are from the same lineage (myeloid), granulocytes include eosinophils, basophils, and neutrophils, and then there are lymphocytes, all make up the white blood cells, normal WBC is around what?
4.8-10.8 x10^3
granulocytes make up 40-70% of WBC
RBC should have 5million (5x10^6)
platelets should be 150 x10^3 (150000)
Platelets are usually 150-450000, many produced each day, platelet production can be increased 10fold in response to need, lifespan is 7-10 days. RBC progenitor cells are regulated by what, which is mainly produced by peritubular capillary lining cells of the kidneys (90%) and liver, regulation of this is via O2 monitoring, so when Hemoglobin is above 15 it decreases its release and when Hgb is below 10 it increases its release from kidney to make more RBC?
Erythropoietin
An immature RBC is known as what, which contain remnant endoplasmic reticulum, and ribosomes (rER) that forms a reticulum (net) within RBC cytoplasm, they are 30% larger than RBC and circulate for 2-3 days before all remnants are extruded?
Reticulocytes
spleens degrade RBC after 120 days
What is aka ‘blasts’ are processes that distort the marrow architecture such as deposition of metastatic cancer or granulomatous disorders can cause the abnormal release of immature precursors into the peripheral blood?
Leukoerythroblastosis
Circulating lymphocytes in peripheral blood in adults contain 80% t cells (CD4>CD8), along with an equal presence of B and NK cells, Bcells last hours to days while T cells last days to years, marker for B cells is CD 19/20, and marker for NK cells is CD56 or?
16, MC is 56
When blood is centrifuged, plasma is on top, buffy coat in the middle and red blood cells at the bottom, plasma consists of mainly water, and proteins and nutrients (55% of total blood volume), RBC is mainly RBC and what is within the buffy coat, making up 45% of the total blood volume (with RBC)?
White blood cells and platelets
Plasma is fluid accelular portion of blood with mainly water (90%) and molecules such as proteins, organic and inorganic, to maintain plasma in drawn blood, anticoagulation must be added, what is it called when there is clear yellow liquid remain after blood has been allowed to clot, aka plasma with diminished fibrinogen and other clotting factors?
SERUM
Plasma is fluid accelular portion of blood with mainly water (90%) and molecules such as proteins, organic and inorganic, to maintain plasma in drawn blood, anticoagulation must be added, what is it called when there is clear yellow liquid remain after blood has been allowed to clot, aka plasma with diminished fibrinogen and other clotting factors?
SERUM
What is abnormally low WBC, often as a result of reduced neutrophils, so it is usually a neutropenia or ganulocytopenia, lymphopenia if present is due to HIV, steroids, AI do, malnutrition, acute viral infections?
Leukopenia (def of leukocytes)
Agranulocytosis is clinically significant reduction in neutrophils, pts have increased susceptibility to bacterial and fungal infections, it is MC due to inadequate granulopoiesis, such as suppression of HSCs (aplastic anemia) megaloblastic anemia, congenital conditions like hostmann suyndrome, and what, which is the MCC of neutropenia?
Drug toxicity
chloramphenicol, sulfa, chlorpromazine, thiouracil, phenylbutazone
INfections are a common consequence of agranulocytosis, ulcerating necrotizing lesions of the gingiva, floor of the mouth, buccal mucosa, pharynx, or elsewhere in the oral cavity are quite characteristic
meow
Leukocytosis is increase in number of WBCs in the blood, usually during inflam states due to infection, and if not, then due to a neoplastic disease, if a leukemoid reaction (immature granulocytes appear in blood due to infection) see elevated LAP, if leukemia see?
normal LAP
Sepsis of severe inflam disease on leukocytosis, might see changes in neutrophils, such as dohle bodies which are patches of dilated ER seen as sky blue cutoplasmic puddles in neutrophils, and what, which are coarser and darker abnormal azuorphilic neutrophilic granules due to strong response to infection?
Toxic granulations
Lymphopenia is caused by decreased number of circulating lymphocytes, di george, high cortisol state, AI destruction like SLE, and whole body radiation, elevated eosinophils is associated with allergic reactions, parasites, hodgkin, and drug reactions, and basophilic leukocytosis is RARE but present in what disease?
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia CML
What lymphadenitis can be localized, systemic and mesenteric, with large germinal centers, nodes are swollen, macrophages presents, may become necrotic, clinically affected nodes are enlarged and TENDER*, may move when abscess forms, overlying skin is red?
Acute lymphadenitis
What lymphadenitis is NONTENDER LN without inflammation or tissue damage, more likely due to cancer, common in inguinal and axillary LN, see follicular hyperplasia which is large germinal centers with dark mantle zone (naive b cells), may be due to rheumatoid arthritis, toxoplasmosis, early HIV = B cell responses?
Chronic Lymphadenitis
*apoptotic B cells in macrophage = Tingible Body macrophages= ALL and Burkitt Lymphoma
What type of hyperplasia is due to stimuli triggering the T cell mediated immune response such as EBV, T cell zones may encroach B cells follicles, hypertrophy of sinusoidal and vascular endothelial cells, may be assoc with macrophages and eosinophils?
Paracortical hyperplasia
Sinus histiocytes or what hyperplasia is increase in number of cells that line lymphatic sinusoids, NONSPECIFIC, but prominent in LN draining cancers such as carcinoma of breast= LN draining cancer- NOT metastasis?
Reticular Hyperplasia - macrophages/ medullary hyperplasia
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis HLH is macrophage activating syndrome, reactive condition with cytopenias, due to systemic activation of macrophage and CD8 T cells, mo eat blood cell progenitors and lymphocytes causing a cytokine storm resulting in hyper/pothermia, tachy cardia, tachypnea, leukocytosis and leukopenia, appears shock like, what is the MC trigger for HLH?
infection- EBV
CLIN: acute febrile illness with hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, thormbocytopenia, increased ferritin IL2, LFTs, TGs, DIC– if untreated there is a grim prognosis
Lymphoid neoplasms are of B cell T cell and NK origin, myeloid are of early meatopoietic progenitors- evolve over time- ACute myeloid leukemia is immature progenitor cells (blasts) accumulate in BM suppressing normal hematopoeisis, myelodysplastic and chronic myeloproliferative disease is under this umbrella, histiocytoses are uncommon lesions of MO and DC such as essential thrombocytopenia and?
Polycythemia Vera
Lymphoid neoplasms are of B cell T cell and NK origin, myeloid are of early meatopoietic progenitors- evolve over time- ACute myeloid leukemia is immature progenitor cells (blasts) accumulate in BM suppressing normal hematopoeisis, myelodysplastic and chronic myeloproliferative disease is under this umbrella, histiocytoses are uncommon lesions of MO and DC such as essential thrombocytopenia and?
Polycythemia Vera
Factors influencing WBC neoplasia includes translocations (t9:22 philidelphia), inhereited genetic factors, viruses, chornic inflam, iatrogenic factors, smoking, oncogenic mutations occur most frequently in germinal center B cells during attempted antibody diversification, what is the MC abnormality seen in WBC neoplasms?
nonrandom chromosomal abnormalities which result in oncoproteins that protect cells from apoptosis and proto oncogenes are activated in lymphoid cells
Virusses such as HTLV1 = adult TLL, EBV- burkitt hodgkin, HHV8 - b cell lymphoma, and HIV and B cell lymphoma, chronic inflam causing WBC neoplasm includes H pylori and gastric b cell lymphoma, iatrogenic such as radiation and chemo can cause neoplasm, and SMOKING is most associated with what leukemia?
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
In lymhpoid neoplasms, all daughter cells derived from the malignant progenitor share the same antigen receptor gene configuration and sequence- *monoclonal is when all daughter cells express the same config and sequence synthesizing identical proteins- means cancer, what means they are immature and are reactive?
Polyclonal
anything monoclonal = cancer
Differentiation of neoplastic white cells is not typically a feature useful for the dx or determination of the prognosis of hematologic neoplasia, similarily, staging is of little utility except for which lymphoma?
Hodgkin Lymphoma, because starts at one LN and progresses to another
(non hodgkins spreads widely and is unpredictable)
Differentiation of neoplastic white cells is not typically a feature useful for the dx or determination of the prognosis of hematologic neoplasia, similarily, staging is of little utility except for which lymphoma?
Hodgkin Lymphoma, because starts at one LN and progresses to another- fever!
(non hodgkins spreads widely and is unpredictable)
What leukemia is neoplasm of immature lymphoblasts (B), seen in kids with very low platelet count***, MC leukemia of childhood, hispanics and whites most at risk, male predominance, 70% have GOF mutation in NOTCH1, majority have LOF mutations in PAX5, E2A, RBF, or a balanced t12:21 involving ETV6 and RUNX1?
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL has hypercellular marrow packed with BLASTS that replace marrow elements, larger nuclei, high mitotic rate, starry sky due to mo ingestion of tumor cells, cells mark for CD10 antigen, lack granules in cytoplasm, MPO -, PAS+, bone pain, headache, vomiting, nerve palsies, B and T cell antibody stains are required for definitive diagnosis of ALL vs AML what is only expressed in pre-B and pre-T lymphoblasts and will be positive in ALL?
terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase TdT
Signs and sx of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL include fatigue, anemia, fever, infection, bleeding, bone pain, headache, vomiting nerve palsies due to meningeal spread, with aggressive chemo, 95% of children complete remission and 85% are cured, a favorable prognosis is associated with ages 2-10, low white cell count, trisomy of chr 4/7/10, presence of t12:21 ETV6/RUNX1 and?
hyperdiploidy
poor prog = less than 2, t9:22chr, high blast count
What type of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL is associated with 3yo, present with cyclic tumors, TdT+, CD10/22/19/20 POSITIVE, PAX5 +, t9:22, tx with chemo?
B-ALL
What type of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL presents in adolescent male teens as thymic mass (medistinal) and thymocytes, may evolve to leukemia, usually NOTCH1 GOF, TdT+ CD1/8 positive ?
T-ALL
T cell lymphomas/leukemias ALWAYS more aggressive than B cell
Although ALL and AML are gentically and immunphenotypically distinct, they are clincally similar, including abrupt onset, symptoms due to depression of marrow including fever, infection and bleeding, mass effects due to neoplastic infiltration (ALL) and CNS manifestations such as HA, vomiting, nerve palsies and meningeal spread, ALL is associatd with what kind of onset?
Abrupt stormy onset, bone pain, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, testicular enlargement
What leukemia is the MC of adults in the western world, morphologically, phenotypically, and genotypically indistinguishable from SLL, differ only in the degree of peripheral blood lymphocytosis (absolute WBC >5000), more common in men, age 60, translocations are rare, NOTCH1 receptor GOF mutations are a poor prognostic factor, have pathognomonic* proliferation centers- larger lymphocytes gathered in loose aggregates that contain mitotically active cells?
Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia CLL (SLL= small lymphocytic leukemia)
*MC genetic anomalies are deletions of 13q14.3, 11q,17p, and trisomy 12q
Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia CLL is associated with smudge cells which are small round lymphocytes in ther PB with scant cytoplasm- disrupted when making the smear, low levels of surface Ig seen, positive for CD19, 20, 23 AND CD5, pt is 60 and asymptomatic, with generalized lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly, fatigue, wt loss, anorexia, see excess leukocytes (unlike SLL which has leukopenia), small monoclonal Ig Spike present in some pt blood, what is common and contributes to an increased susceptibility to BACTERIAL INFECTIONS?
Hypogammaglobulinemia
*see prolymphocytes in LN, along with smudge cells see spherocytes due to Ab damage
Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia CLL is treated with BTK inhibitors, poor prognosis is associated with 11q/17p deletions, lack of hypermutation, NOTCH1 mutations, what syndrome is the tendency of CLL/SLL to transform to a more aggressive tumor in the form of a diffuse large B cell lymphoma - transformation of CLL/SLL to an aggressive B cell lymphoma*- leading to a very poor prognosis of less than 1 year?
Richter Syndrome
What lymphoma is a tumor of LNs that causes obliteration of the LN and loss of architecture, effaces LN architecture- nodular aggregates of lymphoma cells, it is the MC form of nonaggressive (indolent) non-hodkins lymphoma in the US, arises in germinal center cells, STRONGLY associated with chromosomal translocation involving BCL2***, t14:18 BCL2/Ig heavy chain seen in 90%? (BCL2 antagonized apoptosis promotes cell survival)
Follicular Lymphoma
same in m/f, germinal center location
Follicular Lymphoma is devoid of apoptotic cells because BCL2 is antiapoptotic, MLL2 is mutated in 90% as well, lymphocytosis is seen in 10% in peripheral blood, BM is involved in 85% and takes the form of paratrabecular lymphoid aggregates, also seen in splenic white pulp and ?
hepatic portal triads
Follicular Lymphoma has centrocytes and centroblasts (less common), are CD 10/19/20 + CD5-***, BCL6 + (anti apoptotic) and BCL2 + (nl follicular cells are devoid of this marker), clinically presents in middle age as painless lymphadenopathy, extranodal site is uncommon, it has what kind of course, with a survival of 7-9 years NOT improved by aggressive chemo?
waxing and waning course
histologic transformation to diffuse b cell lymphoma common, or to burkitt if MYC translocation
What type of lymphoma is BAD, MC form of non hodgkins, age 60, male predominance, most are due to dysregulation of BCL6 required for normal germinal centers, some associated with t14:18 (like follicular), are large destructive masses with extranodal involvement, see large cells, diffuse growth pattern, with multiple nucleoli, are CD19/20+ sometimes CD10/BCL6, most have surface immunoglobulins?
Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma are rapidly enlarging mass at nodal or extranodal sites, may arise anywhere in body, liver and spleen involvement, extranodal common – GI skin bone and brain, Bone marrow is not usually involved, is commonly associated with what, whihc is oropharyngeal lymphoid tissue including the tonsils and adenoids?
Waldeyer Ring
see sx related to extranodal sites
Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma is aggressive and fatal without treatment, 80% remission, 50% cured, MYC translocations have worse outcomes, 2 variants include immunodeficiency assoc large b cell lymphoma seen with HIV or *ebv, and what subtype, which is ALWAYS associated KSHV/HHV8 - kaposi’s ?
Primary Effusion Lymphoma
What lymphoma has a HIV, african and sporadic type, with starry sky pattern, virtually always fails to express BCL2, MC assoc with translocations of the c-MYC oncogene on chr 8***, t8:14, MYC normally increases genes for aerobic glycolysis (warbug effect) allowing cells to biosynthesize building blocks for growth and cell division, if glucose and glutamine are availble?
Burkitt Lymphoma
starry sky due to monotonous appearance with clear macrophages spread throughout dark purple cells
Burkitt Lymphoma is due to dysregulation of c-MYC d/t translocation at t8:14 = MYC/Ig heavy chain, it is the fastest growing tumor- doubles in size q 36 hours- mainly in children or young adults- most manifest at extranodal sites, has high mitotic index, if BM involved has 2-5 nucleoli and what kind of cytoplasm with clear cytoplasmic vacuoles?
Royal blue cytoplasm