Hematologic Malignancies Total!!! Flashcards

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When did cytogentics studies beging?

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1970

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What did reed and sternberg do and when?

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1898 and 1902
found a cell/ histoloic correlation with Hodgkins lymphoma, R/S cells
-large binucleated cells

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What are 5 morphologic characteristics of a blast cell?

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1) big cell
2)high nuclear / cytoplasmic ratio
3) immuature chromatin
4) big nucleus
5) bunch of cells that look alike
(may not have all 5)

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What should the ratio of myeloid cells to erythroid prcursors be?

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2:1

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what is the percentage of Blast cells that should be in the PB?

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<5%

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What can BM biopsies give you an indication of?

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iron stores

erythroid, myeloid, adn megakaryocyte lineages

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What are the B-Cell markers?

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CD45
CD79a
CD20
Kappa Light chain
or
Lamba light chain
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What are the T-cell markers?

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CD45
CD3 (TCR)
CD7
CD4 
or 
CD8
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What does the expression of CD34 mean?

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BLSAT CELL!

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What does the expression of CD33 mean?

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Granulocytes– myeloid blasts

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What is routien cytogenetics?

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identify an enumerate the chrs present in dividing cells

  • use growth medium and arrest cells in mitosis
  • squash cells onto slide
  • stain
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What is the philadelphia CHR and what does it mean?

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abnormal CHR 22

  • t(9;22) characteristic of CML
  • founded by Janette Rowely 1973
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What is Florescent in situ Hybridization?

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protease digestion

  • red or green tag
  • prob to a specific gene and or chr
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What are class I mutations?

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promoting proliferation 
ext AML: 
-FLT3-TID
FLT3-TKD
Kit
RAS
PTRNII
Jak2
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What are class II mutations?

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inhibiting differentiation 
exp: AML
-PML-RARA
RUNX1-RUNX1T1
CBFB-MYHII
MLL Fusion
CEBOA
NPM1
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What are acute Leukemias?

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rapidly proliferating clones of BLAST cells in marrow and ofen in blood stream

  • can arise from myeloid, erythroid, MEGs, or lymphocyte lineages
  • look normal but ^ in #
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What are myeloproliferative diseases?

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chronically proliferating clones which differnetate for circulating blood cells

  • can arise from myeloid, erythroid, MEGs, or lymphocyte lineages
  • look normal but ^ in #
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What are Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)?

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Poorly functioning clones

  • can arise from myeloid, erythroid, MEGs, or lymphocyte lineages
  • look normal but ^ in #
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What cells are likely to defferentiate adn go toward AL?

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myeloproliferative and myleodysplastics

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What cell lineage does AML arise from?

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myeloid leange of rapidly prolerating clones: BLASTs in marow and oftern blood stream
-can also arise from megs, erythroids, and meyloid

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What cell lineage does ALL arise from?

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-lymphocytes (naive) rapid proliferating clones: blasts in marrow and often in blood stream

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What cell lineage doe Acute undifferentiated Leukemia arise from?

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heamtopoietic stem cells– very rare!

-rapidly proliferating clones: BLASTS in marrow and often, bloodstream

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What is the arbitrary count that implies AL when in the marrow?

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Blast # of 70%

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What are the cell markers for myeloid blasts?

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CD34 and CD33

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What are the surface markers for lymphoid blasts?

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CD19 and CD10

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What is the common AML genetic translocation?

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t(15;17) (q22;q12) 
PML-RARA
t(8;21) (q22;q22) 
RUNX1-RUNXT1
inv16
cytogenetics - with FLT3 mutation
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What are the common ALL translocations?

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t(12;21) (q13;q22)

TEL-AML1

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What are the things that go into makting a diagnosis?

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1) blast coundt
2) blast morphology
3) immunophenotype
4) genetics

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What is Gilland’s Hypothesis?

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2 mutations needed to get cancer

1 from Class I and 1 from Class II

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What are the characteristics of AML with t(8;21) (q22;q22) mutation?

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Runx1-Runx1T1

  • fusion protin of 2 TF (5% of AML cases)
  • Dominant - repressor of myeloid maturation (class II muation)
  • requires a class I mutation also
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What are the clinical presentations of AML with t(8;21) (q22;q22) mutation?

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younger pts (kids)

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What are the cellular morphlogy of AML with t(8;21) (q22;q22) mutation?

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some maturation to myelocytes

ocassional cyrstalization of granulocyte contents (auer rods- myeloperoxidase percipitates)

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What is the immunophenotype of AML with t(8;21) (q22;q22) mutation?

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CD34+
HLA-DR+
CD13+
CD33 weak!

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What is the prognosis of AML with t(8;21) (q22;q22) mutation?

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Good response to chemo!

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What are the characteristics of AML with t(15;17) (q22;q12) mutation?

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PML-RARA
-fusion of PML (TF) with RARA (TF -retinocic acid R)
-5-8% of AML cases
results in dominant - blockade of normal RARA, and inhibits granulocte differentiation
-requires a class I mutation

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How can AML with t(15;17) (q22;q12) mutation be treated?

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using an RA analoque to block PML-RARA itself using All trans retinoci acid (ATRA)

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What are the clinical presentations of AML with t(15;17) (q22;q12) mutation?

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DIC

Sever thrombocytopenia

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What are the cellular mophologies of AML with t(15;17) (q22;q12) mutation?

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big blast cleaved “Bat wing” nuclei
many cytoplasmic graules
Auer rods in stacks

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What is the immunophenotype of AML with t(15;17) (q22;q12) mutation?

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weak/absent CD34
HLA-DR
CD13
CD33

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What is the prognosis of AML with t(15;17) (q22;q12) mutation?

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good if make diagnosis

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what are the B cell development markers?

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CD34 and TdT are stem cells
CD19 and CD10 are lymphoid precursors
Cyto adn uCD20 are pre-B-cell
-they can also express myeloid markers CD13 and CD33

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what are the main 2 TF that regulate early B-cell development?

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IKZF1 and PAX5

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What is TdT?

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a marker for VDJ recombination of B and T cells

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what are the genetic markers for ALL?

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t(9;22) (q34;q11.2) BCR-ABL1
t(v;11q23) MLL rearranged
t(12;21)(q13;q22) TEL-AML1 
t(5;14) (q131;q32) IL3-IgH
t(1;19) (q23;p13.3) E2A-PBx1
Hperdiploid (>50 chr) good prognosis
Hyodiploid (<40 Chrs) poor prognosis
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What are the characteristics of ALL with t(9;22) (q34;q11.2) mutation?

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  • BCR-ABL1
  • fusion protein of part of a serine threonine kinase (BCR) to a tyrosine kinase (ABL1)
  • class I mutation
  • different size than seen in CML!!!!! so not a Philadelphia chromosome!
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What are the clinical presentations of ALL with t(9;22) (q34;q11.2) mutation?

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older adults (25% ALL cases)
kides <1 (2-4 % of all peds ALL)
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What is the cellular morphology of ALL with t(9;22) (q34;q11.2) mutation?

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big agranular blasts

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What is the immunophenotype of ALL with t(9;22) (q34;q11.2) mutation?

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CD10+
CD19+
TdT

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What is the prognosis of ALL with t(9;22) (q34;q11.2) mutation?

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Poor :(

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What are the characteristics of ALL with t(v;11q23) rearranged mutation?

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  • MLL rearranged
  • fusion of a T regulator (histone methyl transferase) to any several partners
  • inhibit differentiation
  • class II mutation
  • FLT3 mutation -20% of cases in ALL
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What are the clinical presentations of ALL with t(v;11q23) rearranged mutation?

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most common leukemia in kids <1

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What is the cellular morphology of ALL with t(v;11q23) rearranged mutation?

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big agranular blasts

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What is the immunophenotype of ALL with t(v;11q23) rearranged mutation?

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CD10-
CD19+
TdT+

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What is the prognosis of ALL with t(v;11q23) rearranged mutation?

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Poor :(

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What are the characteristics of ALL with t(12;21) (p13;q22) mutation?

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  • TEL-AML1 (ETV6-RUNx1)
  • fusion protein that acts as a dominant negative TF
  • inhibits differentiation (class II)
  • 23% show a PAX5 deleation - predictited to inhibit differentation
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What are the clinical presentations of ALL with t(12;21) (p13;q22) mutation?

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kids 25% of pediatric B-ALL

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What is the celllular morphology of ALL with t(12;21) (p13;q22) mutation?

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big a granular blasts

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What is the immunophenotype of ALL with t(12;21) (p13;q22) mutation?

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TdT+
CD34+
CD20+

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What is the prognosis and txment of ALL with t(12;21) (p13;q22) mutation?

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good :)!!!
90% cure rate
give loads of chemo!!!!!!

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What are most of the T-ALL genetic muations?

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a translocation of an ocogene to a T-cell receptor promoter

example: TCR-alpha;HOX11 t(14q11;10q24)

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What is a common motife for lymphoid maligancies?

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oncogene»» IG or TCR promoters

62
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What are the clinical presenations of T-ALLs?

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kides-25% of pedeatric B-ALLs

often with thymic mass or lymph node, spleen involments

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What are the cellular morphologies of T-ALL

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big agranular blasts

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What is the immunophenotype of T-ALL

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TdT+
CD3+
CD5++
-can express myeloid or B-cell antigens

65
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What are myeloproliferative diseases?

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from chronically proliferating clones which differentiate to circulating blood cells

66
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What is CML?

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Chronic Myelogenous Keukemia, from high WBC; All stages of granulocytes maturation ends up in blood

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What is CMML?

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chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
myleodysplastic/myleoproliferative
-high WBC monocytes, promonocytes, weird hybrids btn monocytes adn granulocytes

68
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What do increased eosinophils cause?

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chronic eosinophilic leukemia or PDGFT neoplasm

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What do increased mature neutrophils cause?

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chronic neutrophilic leukemia (quite rare)

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What do increased mast cells cause?

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mastocytosis (primarily tissue targeted)

-bone marrow usually involved

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What is polycythemia vera?

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elevated RBC count from the erythroid lineage

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What is Essentail thrombocytopeina or primary myelofibrosis?

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Elevated platelets from megs

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What is the differance btn sepsis and myeloproliferative disease?

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  • both have ^ WBCs with lots of granulocytes
  • toxic granulation and a left shit– Sepsis (infection) (bands>metamyelocytes> myelocytes
  • pts with ^ WBCs but! not toxic granuations and mor myelocytes than meta myelocytes (myeloid bulge)–> myeloproliferatve neoplasm
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What is important about sample testing for CML?

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you should be sending more sample with - than + b/c it is an easy thing to identify and to treat if diagnosed!!!

75
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How should a clinician work up a pt?

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WL and night sweats–>CDC and maunal diff–> suspect CML–> TR-PCR of PS for BCR-ABL1–> BM biposy

76
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What are the phases of CML?

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chronic phase–>acclerated phase–> acute leukemia (myeloid or lymphoid)

77
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What is common about myeloproliferative disease genetics?

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Tyrosine Kinase RULE!!!

-many of these disease have a defect in an TK making it hyperactive

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What are activating translocations of TKs, and what disease do they correcpond too?

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BCR-ABL (CML)
FIP1L1-PDGFRA (CEL)
-vPDGFRB (5q33) (mastocytosis)
(above respond to imatinib)
vPDGFRB (3 partners identified) (CMML)
--no response to imatinib
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What are the activating pt. mutations and what disease do the correlate with?

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Jak2 or MpI (ET in 5% of cases)

Jak2 (P.Vera in 95% of cases)

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How does Jak 2 work?

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it acts down stream of TK in megakaryocytes, and the thrombopoietin receptor (MpI) and mutation in MpI have been found to minic effect of Jak 2 mutations
-also downstream of EPOR, so cells can have EPO response with out EPO

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What is mastocytosis?

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mast cells are similar to basophils- but live loner,a nd non-circulatory

  • main funtion is to release histamine, when their Fc receptor binds to IgE antigen complex
  • A mitogen called SCF plays a big role in their growth and migration
  • neoplasems of mast cells usually present as a benign cutaneous lesion in kids (urticaria pigmentosa)
  • usually dont spread beyond skine (except when they do…..WHAT)
  • in cases that release a lot of histamine and other mediators causeing systemic symptoms (flushing abd pain, tachycardia, hypotension) can confuse clinician
  • bone marrow is most common site of systemic involvement, but multiple organs (lymph nodes, spleen liver) can e involved
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What are the bone marrow findings in mastocytosis?

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bland looking cells, round or spindle shaped

-30% are associated w/ a second hematolgic maligancy

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What are the genetic of mastocytosis?

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either cKit mutation or PDGFRA activation (FIP1 tranlocation)

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What are the clinical presentations of mastocytosis?

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variable and confusing

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What are the cellular morphologies of mastocytosis?

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aggregates of bland looking cells round or spindle shaped sometimes with eosinophila

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What are the immuniophenotypes of mastocytosis?

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tyrytase
CD117 (cKit, the SCF receptor)
CD25+

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What is the prognosis of mastocytosis?

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highly variable; depends on a complex subclassification scheme

88
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What is plycythemia vera?

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its pathologenesis is poorly understood

  • Jak2 mutation in >95% of cases
  • detectable in PBleukocytes
89
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What is the clinical presentation of p. vera?

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thrombosis/ hypertension/stroke or MI

^ RBCs- due to lung disease

90
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What is the morphology of p. vera?

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hypercellular marrow
erythroid hyperplasia
^ megs

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what is the immunophenotype of p. vera?

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no known features

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What is the prognosis of p. vera?

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> 10 yr survival is common
can progress to myelofibrosis
MDS
acute leukemia

93
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What is the difference btn reactive and neoplastic?

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  • W^ RBCs
  • Chest X-ray
  • Hypoxic- not likely to be neoplastic
  • EPO levels (^ if reactive)
  • Jak 2 is distal to EPOR
94
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What are the differential diagnosis for P.vera?

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^RBCs

hypertension and thrombosis

95
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What are the differential diagnosis for ET?

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^ Platelets

Thrombosis

96
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What are the differential diagnosis for Priamry myelofibroiss?

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^ platelets

Thrombosis

97
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What is essentail thrombocythemia?

A

pathogenesis poorly understood
Jak2 mutation in ~50% of cases
(decteable in PB leukocytes)

98
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What can also cause an increase in platelets?

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iron deficenty, infection, and chronic inflammation along iwth ET and Primary myelofibrosis

99
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What are the cellular morphology in ET?

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^ Megs – they are large!!! (2x size) and weird looking, even for megs, and tend to clusters

100
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what are the immunophotypic markers for ET?

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No known

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What is the prognosis of ET?

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> 10 yr survival is common

-can progress to myelofibrosis, MDS, AL

102
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What is primary myelofibrosis?

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previously agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
pathogenesis poorly understood
-Jak 2 mutation in ~50% of cases 
- detectable in PB leukocytes
-Diagnostic criteria in dispute!!!
103
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What is the clinical presentation of primay myelofibrosis?

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thromboisis and thrombocytosis and or leukoerythroblastic picture

104
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What is the celluar morphology in primary myelofibrosis?

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^ meg- bizzare shape adn clusters

-fibrosis

105
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What are the immunophenotypic markers for primary myelofibrosis?

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No known!!! (like of the myloproliferative disesase)

106
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What is the prognosis for primary myelofibrosis?

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usually shorter survival tahn ET

-can progress to marrow failure, AL

107
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What is myelodysplasia?

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  • poorly understood entities
  • lumped together b/c similar presentations
  • some have high risk to progress to AL
  • poorly functioning cells
108
Q

What are usually unexplaned in myelodysplasia?

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cytopenia
bicytopenia
pancytopenia

109
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What are the key diagnositic feature of myelodysplasias?

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abnormal “dyspoietic” BM morpholies
abnormal “dyspoietic” immunophenotypes of maturing precursors
Abnormal cytogenetics
^ morphologic blasts (75%,<20%) with normal cytogenetis (if cytogenetics –AL)

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What are the 5 mj. adut forms (best to worst)?

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!)refractory cytopenia with unilineage dysplasia

2) refreactor anemia with ring sideroblasts
3) myelodysplastic syndrome with isolated del (5q)
4) refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia
5) refreactory anemia with excess blasts

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What is refractory cytopenia with unileange dysplasia?

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  • diagnosis depends on morphologic findings
  • non specific cytogeneti abnormalities (trisomies and monosomines)
  • hard if cytogenetics are normal
112
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What are the clinical presentations of refractory cytopenia with unileange dysplasia?

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unexplaned cytopeina

usually elderly pts. (>65yo)

113
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What is the cellular morphology of refractory cytopenia with unileange dysplasia?

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  • weird looking precursors
  • binucleation or irregular nuclei
  • can show fibrosis high or low cellularity
  • megaloblastoid features
114
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What are the immunophontype markers of refractory cytopenia with unileange dysplasia?

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-can show abnormal acquistion on surface markers

115
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What is the prognosis of refractory cytopenia with unileange dysplasia?

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survival not clearly less than normal for age rearely progress of AML

116
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What is refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts?

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diagnosis depends on morphologic finding and iorn staining results
nonspecific cytogenetic abnormaliteis (tir and monosomies) maybe present

117
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What are the clinical presentations of refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts?

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  • unexplained cytopenieas

- usually elderly pts. (>65)

118
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What is cellular morphology of refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts?

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rig sideroblasts, usually with dyspoietic features (in red cell series only)

119
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What are the immunophenotic markers in refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts?

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-can show abnormal acquistion on surface markers

120
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What is prognosis of refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts?

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survival not clearly less than normal for age rarely progress to AML

121
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What is MDS with isolated del (5q)?

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  • all the meakaryocytes are monocuclear

- cytogenetis chow only loss of the 1q arem of chr 5

122
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What is clinical presentation of MDS with isolated del (5q)?

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Anemia - often severe

-usually elderly pts (>65yo) - more often than women

123
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What is cellular morphology of MDS with isolated del (5q)?

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all the megs are mononuclear

124
Q

What is immunophenotype of MDS with isolated del (5q)?

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no known markers

125
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What is prognosis of MDS with isolated del (5q)?

A

good median survial
txable iwth Lenalidomide!!!
10% progress to AML

126
Q

What is refractory cytopenia with multilenage dysplasia?

A

-2 or more lineages show dysplastic changes

~1/2 show nonspecific cytogenetic abnormalities

127
Q

What is the clinical presentation of refractory cytopenia with multilenage dysplasia?

A
anemia - often severe
usually elderly (>65yo)- more often wo
128
Q

What is the cellular morphology of refractory cytopenia with multilenage dysplasia?

A

granulocytes (if affected) dont granulate normally

neucli doint lobulate normally

129
Q

What is the immunophenotype of refractory cytopenia with multilenage dysplasia?

A

can show abnomral auistion of surface markers

130
Q

What is prognosis of refractory cytopenia with multilenage dysplasia?

A

mean survial 20 mo

10% progress to AML in 2 yrs

131
Q

What is refractory anemia with excess blasts?

A

-5%-9% morpholoigic blasts (RAEB-1)
-10-19% morphologic blasts (RAEB-2)
~1/2 show nonspecific cytogenetic abnormalites

132
Q

What is the clinical presentation of refractory anemia with excess blasts?

A

cytopenia

usually elderly pts (>65 yo)

133
Q

What is cellular morphology of refractory anemia with excess blasts?

A

Blasts and dyspoietic maturation

134
Q

What is immunophenotype of refractory anemia with excess blasts?

A

blast proluation os CD34+ or CD117+

usually evidant

135
Q

What is prognosis of refractory anemia with excess blasts?

A

RAEB-1 25% progress of AML
RAEB-2 33%
POOR :(