Chapter 13 Robbins Flashcards

1
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What can stimulate HSCs in marrow to move from stem cell niches?

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G-CSF

Response to stress

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Marrow response to short term needs

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Controlled by growth factors that act on committed progenitors

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Growth factors acting on EARLY committed progenitors

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KIT ligand and FLT3-ligand

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Growth factors acting on restricted progenitors

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Erythropoietin, GM-CSF, G-CSF, and thrombopoietin

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5
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Distortion of marrow architecture can lead to

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Abnormal release of immature precursors (leukoerythroblastosis)

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6
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Fat cells increase in bone marrow in

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Hypoplastic states

And decrease in neoplastic or hyperplastic states

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7
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Leukopenia usually results from

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Decreased number of neutrophils

Usually associated with decreased function of granulocytes

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Lymphopenia most commonly from

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HIV, glucocorticoid therapy, autoimmune disorders, malnutrition and viral infections

Usually a redistribution (to LN and tissue) rather than a decrease in number

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Cause of neutropenia

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Inadequate/ineffective granulopoiesis

Increased destruction/sequestions

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10
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Suppression of HSCs causing neutropenia

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Aplastic anemia, tumors, granulomatous disease

Accompanied by anemia and thrombocytopenia

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11
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Suppression of granulocyte committed precursors causing neutropenia

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Drug toxicity

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12
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Ineffective hematopoiesis causing neutropenia

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Megaloblastic anemias, myelodysplastic syndromes (precursors die in the marrow)

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13
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Congenital syndromes causing neutropenia

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Kostmann syndrome

Impairs differentiation of granulocytes

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14
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Immune mediated destruction of neutrophils

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Can be idiopathic, associated with a disease like SLE, or drug toxicity related

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15
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Effect of splenomegaly on neutrophils

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Increased sequestration

Sometimes associated with anemia and thrombocytopenia

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16
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Increased peripheral utilization of neutrophils occurs with

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Bacterial, fungal and rickettsial infections

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17
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Most common cause of agranulocytosis

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Drug toxicity
Red cells and platelets also effected

Aminopyrine, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides, chlorpromazine, thiouracil, and phenylbutazone

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18
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Chlorpromazine effect on neutrophils

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Direct toxicity

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19
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Sulfonamide effect on neutrophils

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Antibody mediated destruction

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20
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LGL leukemia effect on neutrophils

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Monoclonal proliferation of lymphocytes suppresses production of neutrophils

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21
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Morphological consequences of neutropenia

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Compensatory marrow hyperplasia
Increased infections (candida and aspergillus)
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22
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Clinical features of neutropenia

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Related to infection - serious infections when under count of 500
Fever, malaise, and chills

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23
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Peripheral leukocyte count

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Size of precursor and storage pools
Rate of release into circulation
Size of marginal pool (adhering to BV)
Rate moving into tissues

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24
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Most important cause of neutrophilic leukocytosis

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Infection

Mediated by IL-1 and TNF

25
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Increased production of neutrophils in marrow

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Chronic infection or inflammation
Paraneoplastic
Myeloproliferative

26
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Increased release of neutrophils

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Infection
Endotoxemia
Hypoxia

27
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Decreased margination of neutrophils

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Exercise

Catecholamines

28
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Decreased extravasation

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Glucocorticoids

29
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IL-5 specifically stimulates

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Eosinophils

30
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G-CSF specifically stimulates

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Neutrophils

31
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In sepsis or severe inflammation leukocytosis in accompanied by

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Morphological changes in neutrophils
Toxic granulations
Dohle bodies
Cytoplasmic vacuoles

32
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Toxic granules

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Appear coarser and darker

Abnormal primary granules

33
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Dohle bodies

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Patches of dilated endoplasmic reticulum that appear as sky-blue cytoplas- mic “puddles”

34
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Reactive vs Neoplastic leukocytosis

A

Usually able to distinguish except in cases of acute viral infection in kids or severe infections leading to immature cells in the blood like in a myeloid leukemia (leukemoid reaction)

35
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Neutrophilic leukocytosis caused by

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Acute bacterial

Sterile inflammation

36
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Eosinophilic leukocytosis caused by

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Allergic disorders
Malignancy
AI disorders

37
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Basophilic leukocytosis is

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Very RARE

Myeloproliferative disease

38
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Monocytosis caused by

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Chronic infections
AI disorders
Inflammatory bowel disease

39
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Lymphocytosis associated with

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Monocytosis

Viral infections

40
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Germinal centers

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Pale staining, seen when primary follicles enlarge

B cells acquire capacity to make high affinity antibodies

41
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T cells in LN

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Reside in paracortical zones

Undergo hyperplasia during immune response

42
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Acute nonspecific lymphadenitis

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LN are swollen with large, reactive germinal centers
Pyogenic organisms -> neutrophils -> necrosis/pus

Seen more in cervical and mesentary

43
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Follicular hyperplasia

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Chronic nonspecific lymphadenitis - Result of humoral response
**Tingible body macrophages
RA, toxo, HIV

(looks similar to follicular lymphoma but architecture is intact and everything more organized)

44
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Paracortical hyperplasia

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Chronic - T cell response (viral infection)

T cell zones are bigger and contain immunoblasts (larger)

45
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Sinus histiocytosis

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Seen in LN draining cancer (breast cancer)

46
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Chronic LN inflammation

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Common in axillary and inguinal

LN are nontender and large/hard

47
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Tertiary lymphoid organs

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Seen with chronic immune reactions
Immune cell collections in non-lymphoid tissue

Classic ex. include RA (B cells in joints) and chronic gastritis from helicobacter pylori

48
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

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Systemic activation of macrophages and CD8+ cytotoxic T cells -> cytopenia and shock (mediators initiate systemic inflammation)

Something to do with toxic granules of NK and cytotoxic T cells

49
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Most common trigger of HLH

A

EBV (infection)

50
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Clinical features of HLH

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Acute febrile illness, hepatosplenomegaly
Anemia, thrombocytopenia, high levels of plasma ferritin and soluble IL-2 receptor
Treat with immunosuppressive therapy -> poor prognosis especially if not treated

51
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When are proto-oncogenes often activated in lymphoid cells?

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Antigen receptor gene rearrangement and diversification

  • Increased AID expression -> induce MYC/Ig translocations
  • Increased expression of BCL6
  • Precursor B and T cells express VDJ recombinase -> cuts DNA
52
Q

Pro growth mutations

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Tyrosine kinase

MYC

53
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Self renewal mutations

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MLL translocation, PML-RARA fusion gene

54
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Pro survival mutations

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BCL2 translocation

55
Q

Diseases that cause genetic instability

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Bloom syndrome, Fanconi anemia, and ataxia telangiectasia (acute leukemia)

Downs and Type I NF (childhood leukemia)

56
Q

Lymphotrophic viruses

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Human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HTLV-1), EBV, and Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus-8

57
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Chronic inflammation and lymphoid neoplasia

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H. pylori -> gastic B cell lymphoma
Celiac and breast implants -> T cell lymphomas (local)
HIV -> germinal center B cell lymphomas (systemic)

58
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Radiation therapy and cancer

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Increased risk of myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms

59
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Smoking and white cell cancer

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Increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia