Hematology Flashcards
MCC of leukopenia
Drug toxicity
MC Cancer in children
ALL
genetic abnormality in Acute ALL
t(12;21), t(9;22)
BM biopsy of AML criteria
> / 20% myeloblast
needlike-azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm
Auer rods
Genetic mutation t(15;17)
Auer rods
Faggot cells
assoc with DIC
80% curable with All trans retinoic acid
Acute promyelocytic anemia
MC leukemia of adults in Western world
CLL/SLL
CLL – progression to DLBCL
Ritcher phenomenon
BCR-ABL t(9;22)
Philadelphia chromosome
Splenomegaly
hyperceullar marrow/sea blue histiocytes
WBC >100,000
Low leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
CML
MC Classical HL
Nodular sclerosis
Classical HL worst prognosis and associated with PLHIV patients
Lymphocyte Depleted HL
90% assoc with EBV
Immunohisto chem of HL
CD15 CD30
NLPHL - + CD20
General lymphadenopathy and extranodal involvement (BM, spleen, liver, gut)
Leukemic presentation
t (11;14)
aggressive and incurable
Mantle cell Lymphoma
MC form of indolent NHL
Follicular Lymphoma
MC NHL
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
aggressive, large cells, diffuse, atypia
one of the fastest growing tumor
assoc with latent EBV infection
high mitotic and numerous apoptotic cells
Starry sky pattern
good response to chemo
Burkitt Lymphoma
Splenomegaly
Pancytopenia
dry tap on BM aspiration
Monocytopenia
Cells: Hair like projections
BRAF V600E mutation
+ TRAP
Hairy cell leukemi
HM: large anaplastic cells with horseshoe-shaped nuclei
CD30
ALK mutation
Anaplastic Large cell lymphoma
T cells with Cerebriform nuclei
Sezary cells
Sezary syndrome = gen exfoliative erythroderma + leukemia of Sezary cells
CD4 T Cell tumor of the skin
Mycosis fungoides/Sezary syndrome
most important plasma cell neoplasm
Multiple myeloma
5 classical HL
Nodular sclerosis
Mixed cellularity
Lymphocyte rich
Lymphocyte depleted
Nodular lymphocyte predominant
Globular CYTOPLASMIC inclusion seen in MM
Russel bodies
Globular NUCLEAR inclusion seen in MM
Dutcher Bodies