Acute Leukemia Flashcards
1
Q
Acute leukemia types ?
A
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemia
2
Q
Acute leukemia ?
A
Neoplastic proliferation of blast
Pathoma-55
3
Q
Blast count in acute leukemia ?
A
> 20% blasts in bone marrow
4
Q
Increased Blast effect ?
A
- Anemia = fatigue
- Thrombocytopenia = bleeding
- Neutropenia = Infection
Crowd out hematopoiesis
5
Q
Blasts characteristics?
Histology
A
- Punched out
- Large
- immaute
- punched out nucleoli
6
Q
Blasts effect in WBC ?
A
High WBC Count
