Flashcards - HemeOnc
ristocetin test
von Willebrand Disease - decreased platelet aggregation
PALS (perarterial lymphoid sheath) contain?
T-cells
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
PIGA mutation –> unable to synthesize GPI anchor (CD55, CD59) that inactivate complement and prevent MACs - sucrose test can activate complement - treat with eculizumab
Lupus anticoagulant
Prolonged PTT, not correctable with FFP
Hereditary Spherocytosis defect
ankrin or spectrin
TTP Autoantibody
ADAMTS13 (von Willebrand factor metalloprotease)
tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)
Hairy Cell Leukemia
EBV infection increases risk of
Hodgkin’s disease, nasopharyngeal cancer
Plummer Vinson Triad
Iron deficiency anemia, dysphagia, esophageal webs
Cold agglutinin
IgM - CLL, mycoplasma pneunomia, mononucleosis,
Warm agglutinin
IgG - SLE, CLL, drugs (a-methyldopa)
acute promyelocytic leukemia translocation
t(15:17)
chronic myelogenous leukemia translocation
t(9:22)
5-flourouracil
pyrimidine antimetabolite
cyclophosphamide
alkylating agent
cytarabine
pyrimidine analog
methotrexate
folate antimetabolite
6-mercaptopurine
purine nucleotide synthesis inhibitor
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
B-cell lymphoma with monoclonal IgM - visual/neuro defects - treat with plasmapheresis
Glanzmann’s thrombastehnia
decreased glycoproteins (Gps) IIb/IIIa
Lead poisoning
Blocks ALA dehydrogenase and ferrochelatase - increased gamma-aminovulinate dehydratase
ADAMTS13
cleaves vWF - inhibition leads to TTP
CA-125
ovarian cancer
carcinoembryonic antigen/CEA
colorectal cancer
alpha-fetoprotein
hepatocellular carcinoma
CA 19-9
pancreatic cancer
GI mucosal layers
Serosa –> Musclaris (outer, myenteric/Auerbach, inner) –> Submucosa (Meissner, glands) –> Mucosa (musclaris mucosa, lamina propria, epithelium)
Inguinal layers
skin, scarpas, fascia, external oblique, internal oblique, transversus, fascia, extraperitoneal fat, peritoneum
Cremaster origin
Internal oblique
sheets/nests of uniform cells, oval/round stippled nuclei
carcinoid tumor
MIF secretion
Sertoli cells
theca cell hormones
stimulaton from LH - cholesterol –> progesterone + androgens
granulosa cell hormones
stimulation from FSH - androgen –> estrogen
congenital rubella/rubeola infection
deafness, cataracts, cardiac malformations
basophilic stippling of hypochromic microcytic RBCs
lead poisoning
CML
complete spectrum of granulocytic cells, <10% blasts, decreased Alk Phos
AML
increased number of myeloblasts >20%
CLL
increased mature lymphoid cells
Cladribine
purine analog for hairy cell leukemia
Vincristine
inhibits microtubule polymerization by binding to B-tubulin, prevents mitotic spindle (side effect of neurotoxicity)
etoposide
targets topoisomerase II -induces double stranded DNA breaks