B3.041 - Pre-work Intro to Lymphoid Neoplasms Flashcards
Where can lymphoid neoplasms be derived from
Precursor cells (B or T ALL/LBL) Mature B cells Mature T/NK cells
What is are the 3 possible presentations of lymphoid neoplasms
primarily in: Bone marrow and blood Lymph nodes extranodal tissues
Classification of lymphoid neoplasms are based on what
cell of origin Developmental stage of transfromed cell clinical, immunophenotypic, genetic and molecular findngs
Classification of lymphoid neoplasms doe snot distinguis what
if its primarily blood presentation or lymph presentation
What is the primary involvement of leukemia’s
Bone marrow or blood
What is the origin of leukemia’s
Myeloid or lymphoid
What might leukemia’s secondarily involve
Lymph nodes and solid tissues
What is the tissue involvement of lymphomas
Lymph node or solid tissue
What is the origin of lymphomas
Lymphoid
What might lymphomas secondarily involve
Bone marrow and blood
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia aka
Small lymphocytic lymphoma
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia aka
Lymphoblastic lymphoma
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia aka
Lymphoblastic lymphoma
What does acute mean with leukemia’s
Primarily immature cells (blasts) Untreated has a rapidly progressive track and is fatal in weeks to months
What does chronic mean in regards to leukemia’s
Primarily mature or maturing cells Untreated slowly progressive and fatal in months to years
About 80% of all lymphomas are derived from what
B Cells
How much of lymphomas are derived from T or NK cells
20%
What is the most common extranodal mature T neoplasm located in
Skin
What is the most common skin lymphoma
Mycosis fungoides
What are the markers of mature B cell neoplasms
CD19, CD20
What do mature T cell neoplasms express
CD2 CD3 CD5 CD7 CD4 CD8 (variable)
Any given B cell neoplasm will express what
The same Igs, meaning they’re monoclonal
What does monoclonal mean
All these cells with have a kappa light chain or a lambda light chain but not both
What does monoclonal surface Ig mean clinically
You can distinguish between monoclonal neoplasms from non neoplastic responses
Which CDs do not help to distinguish clonality
CD4 and CD8
Describe the genetics of mature T cell neoplasms
Monoclonal rearranged T cell receptor genes
Describe the genetics of mature B cell neoplasms
Monoclonal rearranged immunoglobulin genes
In mature B neoplasms there are often translocations involving what
Chromosome 14
Why do translocations to chromosome 14 often result in cancer?
Its the IgH gene locus which is always on
Describe lymph node architecture
Diffuse Modular Follicular
Describe small lymphoid cell size features
Tend to be more indolent Immunophenotype and genetics re critical for diagnosis and classification
Describe characteristics of medium-large lymphoid
Tend to be more aggressive Morphology supplemented by immunophenotype and genetics for diagnosis and classification
What are the most common B cell neoplasms
CLL/SLL
What are the clinical features of CLL and SLL
Older adults, most common leukemia in US variable anemia/thrombocytopenia Lymphadenopathy Immunologic abnormalities
what is the morphology of CLL
small mature lymphocytes in blood, bone marrow
What is the morphology of SLL
diffuse infiltrate of small lymphocytes in lymph nodes
What is the characteristic immunophenotype of CLL/SLL
CD19+, CD20+, CD5+ CD10- slg+(clonal)
What is characteristic of mutated CLL/SLL
Somatic hypermutation in IgVh (>2% variance from germline sequence 40-50% of cases)
what other lymphoma shares these immunophenotypes
mantle cell lymphoma
what is the favorable type of CLL/SLL
Mutated
what is unmutated CLL/SLL
no somatic hypermutation in IgVh
what are other genetic abnormalities with CLL/SLL
Deletion 13q, deletion 11q, deletion 17p, trisomy 12
which other genetic abnormality in CLL/SLL is considered favorable
deletion 13q
what is the median survival of CLL/SLL
6 years
why is the median survival of CLL/SLL misleading
its 3 y for unmutated and over 7 for mutated