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Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders Flashcards

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What does proliferative mean?

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To grow or multiple by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells or offspring

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Describe myeloproliferative disorders

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Clonal haemopoietic stem cell disorders with an increased population of one or more types of haemopoietic cells

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Is maturation depleted or preserved?

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Preserved

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What is BCR-ABL1 +ve?

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Chronic myeloid leukaemia

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What is BCR-ABL -ve?

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Idiopathic myelofibrosis
Polycythaemia rubra vera
Essential thrombocytopenia

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When would you consider a myeloproliferative disorder?

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High granulocyte count
High red cell count/Hb
High platelet count
Eosinophilia/basophilia
Splenomegaly
Thrombosis in an unusual place
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What is Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia? (CML)

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Proliferation of myeloid cells

Granulocytes and their precursors and platelets

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What is needed to help prevent CML from being fatal?

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Stem cell / bone marrow transplantation in the chronic phase

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What are the 3 phases of CML?

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Chronic
Accelerated
Blast crisis

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What are clinical features of CML?

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Asymptomatic
Splenomegaly
Hypermetabolic symptoms
Gout
Problems related to hyperleucocytosis and priapism
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What are lab features of CML?

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Normal or reduced Hb
Leukocytosis with neutrophilia and myeloid precursors (myelocytes), eosinophilia, basophilia
thrombocytosis
Bone marow changes

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What is the chromosome, the gene and the product which causes the abnormal phosphorylation (signalling) leading to the haematological changes seen in CML?

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Chromosome = Philadelphia chomosome (22)
Gene = BCR-ABL1
Product = Tyrosine kinase
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What can be used to treat CML?

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Imatinib

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Describe Polycthaemia rubra vera? (PRV)

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High haemoglobin / haematocrit accompanied by arythrocytosis (a true increase in red cell mass) but can have excessive production of other lineages

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Describe secondary polycythaemia?

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Chronic hypoxia
Smoking
Erythropoietin-secreting tumour

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Describe pseudopolycthaemia?

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Dehydration
Diuretic therapy
Obesity

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What are clinical features of PRV?

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Clinical features common to MPD?
Headache
Fatigue
Itch (aquagenic puritis)

18
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What happens with the Philadelphia chromosome?

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22 and 9 swap some bits of information

Translocation

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How do you investigate polycthaemia?

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History
Examination
FBC + film
JAK2 mutation status

20
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Describe JAK2?

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It’s a kinase
Mutation present in over 95% of PRV patients
Substitution results in loss of auto-inhibition
Activation of erythropoiesis in the absence of ligand

21
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What are some infrequent tests for polycythaemia?

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Erythropoietin levels

Bone marrow biopsy

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What are investigations for secondary polycythaemia?

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CXR
O2 saturations
Arterial blood gas
Drug history

23
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What is the treatment for PRV?

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Vensect to haemocrit <0.45
Aspirin
Cytotoxic oral chemo (e.g. hydroxycarbamide)

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Describe ET

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Uncontrollable production of abnormal platelets with abnormal function
Thrombosis
Can cause bleeding due to acquired von Willebrand disease

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What are clinical features of ET?

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Common to MPD (esp. vasooclusive complications

Bleeding

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How do you diagnose ET?

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Exclude reactive thrombocytosis
Exclude CML
Genetics: JAK2 (50%)
CALR (calreticulin)
MPL
Bone marrow appearances
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How do you treat ET?

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Anti-platelet agents (aspirin)

Cytoreductive therapy to control proliferation - hydroxycarbamide, anagrelide, interferon alpha

28
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What can myelofibrosis be?

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Idiopathic
Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
Post-polycythaemia or essential thrombocythaemia

29
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Describe idiopathic myelofibrosis?

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Marrow failure
Bone marrow fibrosis
Extramedullary hematopoiesis
Leukoerythroblastic 
Teardrop-shaped RBC's in peripheral blood
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What are clinical features of myelofibrosis?

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Marrow failure - anaemia, bleeding, infection
Splenomegaly - LUQ pain, portal hypertension
Hypercatabolism

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How do you diagnose myelofibrosis?

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Typical blood film (tear-drop shaped RBC and leucoerythroblastic)
Fibrosis on trephine biopsy
JAK2 or CALR mutation

32
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What are a leucoerythroblastic film ?

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Reactive (sepsis)
Marrow infiltration
Myelofibrosis

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How do you treat myelofibrosis?

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Supportive care (blood transfusion, antibiotics)
Allogenic stem cell transplantation in select few
Splenectomy
JAK2 inhibitors

34
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What counts as abnormal platelets?

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Infection increase
Iron deficiency
Malignancy
Blood loss

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