CH13- Hematologic Disorders (non-neoplastic) Flashcards

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Most common head and neck site for lymphoid hyperplasia

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anterior cervical chain

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Most common locations for lymphoid hyperplasia in the oral cavity

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oropharynx, soft palate, lateral tongue and floor of mouth

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A deep nodule of intraoral lymphoid hyperplasia appears pink, versus a superficial lesion may appear ___________

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yellow-orange

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Enlarged, rubbery-firm, nontender, freely moveable lymph node most likely represents

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chronic inflammation –> lymphoid hyperplasia

R/o lymphoma by clinical hx (not rapidly enlarging)

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What condition can cause multiple chronically enlarged non-tender lymph nodes

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HIV

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Histology of lymphoid hyperplasia

Differential based on histo?

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sheets of well-diff lymphocytes with germinal center formation

*differential may include follicular lymphoma

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Hallmark feature of hemophilia (of all kinds)

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increased coagulation time

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3 most commonly encountered bleeding disorders

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Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, von Willebrand disease

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Most common inherited bleeding disorder

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Von willebrand disease

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Another name for hemophilia A

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classic Hemophilia

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Prevalence of:
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B
Von willebrand disease

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A: 1:10,000 person, 1:5000 males
B: 1:60,000 persons, 1:30,000 males
VWD: 1:800-1000 people

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% of cases of Hemophilia A that represent new mutations

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30%

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Mutations in what causes hemophilia A?

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Factor 8- over 900 different mutations

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Patients with ?% normal F8 can live relatively normally while those with ?% bruise with even minor trauma

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25%
<5%
(Hemophilia A)

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Definition: deep hemorrhage resulting in a tumor like mass (can occur intraorally)

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Pseudotumor of hemophilia

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Deep hemorrhage of muscle, soft tissue and the joints may occur in

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Hemophilia

joints= hemarthrosis

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What disease accounts for 80-85% of bleeding disorders related to a specific clotting factor

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Hemophilia A

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Inheritance pattern for:
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B
Von willebrand disease

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X linked recessive
X linked recessive
Autosomal: rec or dom

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What lab value is abnormal in Hemophilia A & B

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PTT

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Abnormal lab values for VWD

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Abnormal PFA(platelet function assay), abnormal PTT

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What is the function of von willebrand factor

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glycoprotein in the plasma that helps platelets adhere to a bleeding site, also a transport molecule for Factor 8 in the plasma

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Hemophilia A:
>____% of factor 8 = probable normal function
_____% Factor 8 may be mild disease

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> 25%
5-40%= no treatment for normal activity, maybe treatment for surgery
<1%-need injections of clotting factors as soon as hemorrhagic event occurs to prevent crippling deformities

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AVOID ___ containing medications in hemophilia and VWD

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aspirin

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Antifibrinolytic agent given before and after surgery in hemophilia and VWD

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EACA- epsilon-aminocaproic acid

give 1 day before and 7-10 days after

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What drug causes release of bound factor 8. This is given to hemophilia patients with ____% F8
desmopressin (DDAVP) >5% factor 8
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DDAVP is used in the treatment of
``` Hemophilia A (>5% F8 available) VWD type 1(most common type 70-80%) ```
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Pre purification ___% hemophiliacs infected with HIV, ___% hepatitis C
80-90 40
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What percent of hemophilia A patients develop autoantibodies to Factor 8
25-30% occurs less freq with Factor 9
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Hemophilia B is also called ______, it a deficiency in ___
Christmas disease factor 9
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2 other names for plasminogen deficiency
ligneous conjunctivitis and hypoplasminogenemia
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Inheritance pattern for ligneous conjunctivitis / hypoplasminogenemia
autosomal recessive
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What disease is characterized by irregular fibrin deposited in plaques and nodules primarily in the mucosal surfaces
plasminogen deficiency
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involvement of the eyes by plasminogen deficiency is termed
ligneous conjunctivitis= "woodlike"
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Clinical appearance of plasminogen deficiency lesions
Thick creamy yellow-erythematous firm plaques and nodules
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T/F plasminogen deficiency more commonly affects men
FALSE- women
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Hypoplasminogenemia: Ocular lesions in ____%, oral in ___%, respiratory tract in ___%, vaginal lesions in ___%
80% 34% 16% 8% (about half each time)
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Most common site for a lesion of plasminogen deficiency in the oral cavity
gingiva-patchy ulcerated papules with irregular surface that wax and wane
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The amyloid-like material seen on histology of plasminogen deficiency is negative for amyloid stains and positive for _________?
fraser-lendrum IHC
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T/F patients with plasminogen deficiency are more prone to thrombus
surprisingly these patients don't have thrombus formation problems, life expectancy is normal
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treatment of oral lesions of plasminogen deficiency
- Topical heparin and prednisone combined | - Surgical excision + systemic doxy, topical chlorhexidine, systemic warfarin
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``` Major divisions of Anemia 1. Disturbed iron metabolism 2. ______ anemia 3. Anemia of _______ 4. _____Anemia 5. ```
2. Megaloblastic: Vitamin B12 def, folic acid def 3. anemia of chronic disorders: infection, inflammatory CT dz, 2/2 malignancy, liver dz etc 4. Hemolytic anemia: extrinsic and intrinsic 5. Hemoglobin disorder aka Hemoglobinopathies: sickle cell, thalassemia
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What amino acid change occurs to form Hemoglobin S
glutamic acid --> valine Sickle cell disease
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Patients with _____ have only ____% of hemoglobin affected and have sickle cell trait
1 mutated copy | 40-50%
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What % of the black population has sickle cell trait
8%
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prevalence of sickle cell disease in blacks
1:350-400
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how long are sickle cell erythrocytes in circulation
12-16 days
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What are 3 most commonly affected sites in sickle cell anemia? What is acute chest syndrome?
Ischemic pain in 1. abdomen, 2. long bones and 3. lungs that occurs in sickle cell crisis...acute chest syndrome = pain in the lungs usually precipitated by a fat embolism or community aquired pneumonia
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What is a common cause of death among children with sickle cell disease and thalassemia? What are the prophylaxis recommendations?
- strep pneumoniae infections - they are more susceptible likely due to multiple splenic infarcts- - Sickle cell: prophylactic penicillin antibiotics until age 5 and polyvalent pneumococcal vaccinations recommended
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What % of children have a stroke by 8 years old as a result of sickle cell disease
5-8%
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Oral findings in sickle cell disease (radiographic)
reduced trabeculation of the bone (2/2 increased hematopoiesis), increased risk osteomyelitis, infarction, asymptomatic pulpal necrosis
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"HAIR ON END" radiographic appearance is described in what condition (s)? Which condition is it more prominantly seen in?
sickle cell anemia | thalassemia (more prominant)
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sickle shaped RBCs are also called ____ shaped
boomerang
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What is the affect of hydroxyurea? What is a curative, albeit not usually feasible treatment for sickel cell?
increases fetal hemoglobin (Hemoglobin F) in adult patients with sickle cell (inhibits polymerization of hemoglobin S and reduces adherence of RBCs to vessel walls)....CURATIVE = bone marrow transplant, but need HLA match with donor sibling - only 1% qualify
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carriers of sickle cell trait and thalassemia are more resistant to _____... what is the root of the word 'thalassemia'?
malaria...thalass = sea in Greek (Mediterranean Sea is where the first reports originated)
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1 of the most common inherited conditions that affect humans...what are the two types of anemia that arise of this?
Thalassemia = 1. hypochromic 2. microcytic anemia
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___ genes code for the beta chain; ____ genes code for the alpha chain of hemoglobin...how many mutations have been documented for b-thalassemia?
2 beta, 4 alpha...more than 200 different mutations
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1 beta chain mutated --> | 2 beta chains mutated ---> ? What are the 2 alternate names?
thalassemia minor | thalassemia major aka 1. Cooley's anemia or 2. Mediterranean anemia
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Description of the type of anemia in beta thalassemia major after the patients fetal hemoglobin dissipates
Severe microcytic hypochromic anemia (occurs at 3-4 months)
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Hematopoiesis to compensate in beta thalassemia major increases by _____ = massive marrow hyperplasia, hepatosplenomegaly, LAD
30x
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"CHIPMUNK" face occurs in what condition and is a manifestation of what
occurs in beta thalassemia major | -painless maxilla and mandibular enlargement caused by massive marrow hyperplasia
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1 deleted gene → 2 deleted genes → 3 deleted genes → 4 genes deleted (homozygous) →
1-->no detectable disease 2-->alpha thalassemia trait Mild anemia and microcytosis. Usually not clinically significant 3--> hemoglobin H (HbH) disease. Hemolytic anemia and splenomegaly 4-->hydrops fetalis = severe generalized fetal edema
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How often do thalassemia major patients need transfusions? Significant side effect from blood transfusions
every 2-3 weeks...hemochromatosis: iron overload
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What medication is given to help combat hemochromatosis in thalassemia patients receiving transfusions?
deferoxamine (iron chelating agent)
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Pancytopenia occurs in what condition?
aplastic anemia | failure of hematopoietic precursor cells to make all types of blood cells (cytotoxic t-cell mediated reaction)
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Etiology of aplastic anemia
t cell are targeting the precursor cells in the bone marrow
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Causative/inciting agents of aplastic anemia
toxins- benzene drugs- chloramphenicol infections- ABCG types of hepatitis
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2 Genetic disorders with an increased risk of aplastic anemia
Fanconi Anemia | Dyskeratosis congenita
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6 Oral changes seen in aplastic anemia
Petechiae, purpura, gingival hemorrhage Pale oral mucosa from decreased RBCs Oral ulcers from infections/neutropenia Gingival hyperplasia
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In a biopsy of an oral ulcer in aplastic anemia what would you see
organisms and a LACK of inflammatory response
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Diagnostic criteria for aplastic anemia
based on labs: 2 or more: - Fewer than 500 granulocytes/uL - Fewer than 20,000 platelets/uL - Fewer than 20,000 reticulocytes/uL
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patients with aplastic anemia are at an increased risk for what malignancy
acute leukemia
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Neutropenia is defined as circulating neutrophils below ______
1500/mm3
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patients of African and mediterranean backgrounds can have normal neutrophil levels around 1200, this is called
benign ethnic neutropenia
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``` Causes of neutropenia in infants are predominantly congenital or genetic such as: 1. 2. 3. 4. ```
- Schwachman-Diamond syndrome - Dyskeratosis congenita - Cartilage-hair syndrome - Severe congenital neutropenia
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6 Causes of neutropenia in adults...What is the most common type of infection to cause neutropenia?
- destruction of BM by malignancy - destruction from metabolic diseases: Gaucher disease - osteopetrosis - drugs: chemo, antibiotics, phenothiazines, tranqs, diuretics - infections: Staph aureus (or bacterial) infection = most common - SLE
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Gaucher disease
auto recessive disorder where fat-laden gaucher cells build up in spleen, liver, and bone marrow
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What is a Gaucher cell
histiocytes filled with linear or fibrillar material called kerasin
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Neutropenia in SLE is caused by
anti-neutrophil antibodies
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Viral and bacterial infections _____ neutrophil production and ______ ______ ex. HIV, hep A&B, measles, rubella, varicella, TB, typhoid etc
reduce production anddd increase destruction
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Patients with neutropenia are prone to bacterial infections, particularly ________ infection
staph aureus
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Most common sites of infection in neutropenia
peri-rectal, oral cavity, middle ear | -->lung when it drops below 500 count
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Oral cavity manifestation neutropenia: ulcers of the ______ that characteristically ______
gingiva; lack an erythematous border
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A major treatment for neutropenia
G-CSF granulocyte colony stimulating factor (filgrastim, pegfilgrastim)
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Agranulocytosis affects all the cell of the granulocyte lineage, but particularly _______
neutrophils
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Etiology agranulocytosis
mostly drug induced | sometimes congenital
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2 congenital causes of agranulocytosis (decreased level of G-CSF)
- Congenital agranulocytosis | - Kostmann syndrome (severe congenital neutropenia)
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In aplastic anemia and agranulocytosis the loss of ______ is more impactful than other cell absences
neutrophils
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The oral manifestation in agranulocytosis may mimic
NUG on the gingiva
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Necrotizing deep punched out ulcerations
oral presentation in agranulocytosis
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If drug induced _______ usually resolves within 10-14 days after the offending drug is removed
agranulocytosis
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Disease course of cyclic neutropenia
- Idiopathic regular periodic reductions in the neutrophil count of affected patients - drop lasts 3-6 days - Uniformly spaced episodes: every ~21 days
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What mutation is implicated in cyclic neutropenia? Which stage is development of the neutrophil arrested?
neutrophil elastase gene | ELA-2 aka ELANE....PROmyelocyte stage
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prevalence of cyclic neutropenia? Inheritance? What is the typical length of the neutrophil cycle?
1:1 million..AD (but most cases are isolated)...every 21 days
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What disease? Oral ulcers occur anywhere with minor trauma, erythematous halo is variably present. Severe periodontal bone loss and gingival recession
cyclic neutropenia
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Neutrophil count falls to ____ for 3-5 days in at least 3 successive cycles for diagnosis. DX?
500 | cyclic neutropenia
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treatment cyclic neutropenia
G-CSF several times a week. Reduces the drop in neutrophils from 5-6 days to 1 day.
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When do the symptoms of cyclic neutropenia naturally diminish
second decade of life, despite the continued cycling
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What causes Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
Deficiency in von willebrand factor cleaving metalloprotease (ADAMTS13) (or AR recessive ADAMTS13 gene mutation) TTP: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare disorder in which many small blood clots (thrombi) form suddenly throughout the body. it uses up all your platelets and that is why they are low.
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Deficiency in von willebrand factor cleaving metalloprotease aka ADAMTS13 is caused by
autoantibodies to ADAM or inherited mutations to ADAM ADAMTS13=a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13)—also known as von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease (VWFCP)—is a zinc-containing metalloprotease enzyme that cleaves von Willebrand factor
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Basic mechanisms of thrombocytopenia
- Decreased production - Increased destructions - Increased use of platelets in abnormal clotting disorders - Platelet trapping in the spleen in splenomegaly
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thrombocytopenia is usually not clinically detected until platelets are below ______
100,000 | normal 200,000-400,000
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Acute ITP: Immune(previously idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura occurs in what age group
Childhood
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Acute ITP usually resolves spontaneously in _____ weeks. ___% of pts recover in 3-6 months
4-6 weeks | 90%
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Chronic ITP: Immune(previously idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura occurs in what age group
20-40 year old women
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Cause of chronic ITP
Autoantibodies to platelet surface antigens leads to sequestration of the platelets in the spleen Treated with splenectomy
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What condition? 30-40% of oral biopsy show fibrin deposits in small vessels (PAS stain)
thrombocytopenia
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3 Other names for: Polycythemia vera
(primary polycythemia, polycythemia rubra vera; primary acquired erythrocytosis)
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Polycythemia vera is defined as
an increase in the MASS of the RBCs (also freq uncontrolled production of platelets and granulocytes too)
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What is the aquired mutation in polycythemia vera?
JAK2 (janus kinase 2)
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What is the peripheral vascular event assoc with polycythemia vera?
erythromelalgia
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What % of polycythemia vera patients develop leukemia?
2-10%