Hematology and Oncology Flashcards
What do mast cells do?
Release histamine and heparin, and trypase
They are involved in type 1 hypersensitivity
What do dendritic cells do?
Highly phagocytic
What do lympocytes include?
Can be B cells, T cells, NK cells
Where do B cells come from?
What is their function?
They are humoral response cells
They function as APC and MHC cells
what do T cells do?
where do they come from?
T-cells differentiate into cytotoxic T cells
They develop within the Tymus
what type of cancer is associated with the plasma cell?
Multiple mylenoma
What is the difference between the fetal and adult hemoglobin?
HbF has higher affinity for O2, and less binding of O2 2, 3 BPF
This allows for higher extraction of O2 from maternal hemoglobin
What are the types of antigens on the blood surface?
If have A (then have the A surface antigen) if have AB have both the A and the B
O has no antigen
What type of antibodies will be in the plasma?
anti-B (if type A)
Anti-A (if type B)
What happens if you give type A or AB blood to the type B person?
will have a hemolytic reaction
Who is the universal recipient?
The type AB
Which is the universal donor?
The type O
What is the rh hemolytic disease of a newborn?
Rh - mothers, had rh+ baby, so made anti-D IgG, so the IgG will cross the placentas and cause hemolytic disease of the newborn
How to prevent hemolytic disease of the newborn?
Give Rho-gram (this is an anti-D IgG)
Should be given at the third trimester to avoid production of the anti-D IgG production
What is ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn?
Presentation?
Most common form
Usually occurs in mother with type A, B, or AB fetus
Usually presents with mild jaundice (24 hours) . Does not change future pregnancies
How to tell abnormal hemoglobin on the gel?
Cathode (neagtive) on the left
Abnotaml will move more on the left, because higher negative charge
Furthest to the left:
Hb SC
SS
HbF
Normal HB
What are deficiency in hemophilia A?
Hemophilia B?
Hemophilia C
Factor VIII Factor 1X (hempophilia B) Factor X1 (Hemophilia C)
What are factors that inhibit coagulation factor Xa?
LMWH
heparin
direct Xa inhibitors
fondaparinox
How does heparin work?
Inhibits the antithrombin
What are factors that are affected by anti-thrombin?
II, VII, IX, X, X1, X11
What are the possible targets of anti-thrombin?
Thrombin and factor Xa
How does ASA work?
inhibits cyclooxygenase
How does plavix work?
Inhibits ADP (expression of GP11B/IIIA)
How does Abciximab, epitafibatide, tirofiban work?
GP IIB/IIIA
What pathology associated with acanthocyte (spur cell)?
Liver disease
what associated with Basophilic stippling?
Lead poisoning
Sideroblastic anemia
Myelodysplasia syndromes
Disease associated with Dacrocyte?
Bone marrow infiltration (myelofibrosis)
Disease associated with degmacyte *bite cell)
G6PD deficiency
Disease associated with echinocyte? Burr cell
end stage renal disease
Liver disease
Pyruvate kinase deficiency
Disease associated with elliptocyte?
Heredirary (usually assymptomatic)
Disease associated with ovalcyte?
Megaloblastic anemia (bone marrow failure)
Disease associated with ringed sideroblast?
Sideroblastic anemica
Disease associated with schistocyte?
DIC, TTP, HUS, HELPP syndrome, or mechanical heart valve hemolysis
Disease associated with sphereocyte?
Hereditary spherocytosis, drug infection hemolytic anemia
What are the disease associated with the target cell?
HbC disease, asplenia, liver disease, thalessemia
Disease associated with Heinz bodies?
Seen in G6PD deficiency
Disease associated with Howell Jolly bodies?
Functiona hyposplenia or asplenia
What are the causes of microcytic anemia?
Iron deficiency Alpha thalessemia B talessemia Lead poisoning Siderblastic anemia
What are the MCV of different types of anemia?
Microcytic (less then 80)
Macro > 100
What are symptoms of iron deficiency? (Lab and clinical)
Decreased iron
Increased TIBC
Decreased ferritin
Clinical: fatigue, conjunctival pallor, pica
What are the causes of iron deficiency anemia?
GI hemorrage
Malnutrition
Absoprtion disorders
What deletions are responsible for alpha thalesemia? What do each deletions mean?
4 allele: no alph globin (incompatible with life)
3 allele deletion )very little alpha, a lot of B
2 allele deletions: less clinically severe anemia
1 allele deletion: no anemia (clincally silent)
What is B thalesemia minor?
No B chain produces, usually assymptomatic (increased HbA)
What is B thalesemia major?
severe microcytic, hypochromic anemia
has target cells, and increased anisopikilocytosis
What is HbS/B thalassemia heterozygote?
mild to moderate sickle cell anemia
What are the signs of lead poisoning?
Lead lines of gingiva Encephalopathy (on erthrocyte basophilic strppling) Abdominal colic Sideroblastic anemia Drop waist and foot
How to treat: succimar chelation for kids
What are the causes of siderblastic anemia?
Defect in heme synthesis
Caused by: genetic, ETOH, vitamin B6, copper deficiency
What are the lab findings for sideroblastic?
What is the treatment for sideroblastic?
Increased iron, decreased TIBC, increased ferritin
Treatement: pyridoxine B6
What are the causes of megaloblastc anemia?
Folate deficiency
Vitamin B 12 (cobalamine deficiency)
Orotic aciduria
Diamond Blackfan anemia
What are causes of folate deficiency?
What are the findings?
Malnutrition Malabsoporption Drugs Phenytoin Pernacious anemia
Findings:
Homocystein increased
Normal methylmalonic acid
No neurological deficieny
What are causes and findings of Vitamin B deficiency?
Insufficient uptake
Malabsorption
Pernacious anemia
Findings:
increased homocysteine, increased methlmalonic acid
Neurological symptoms: neuro degeneration ( in fatty acid pathways, and in myelin synthesis)
How to diagnosis the vitamin B deficiency?
With a Schilling test
What is orotic aciduria?
Can’t convert orotic acid to UMP
Diagnosis: orotic acid in urine
Treatement: uridine monophosphate to bypass the mutated enzyme
What is Diamond blackfan anemia?
Rapid onset anemia due to defect with progenitor cells
Clincial: short stature craniofacial abnormalities, and upper extremities are deformed
What is non-megaloblastic anemia?
Macrocytic anemia in which the DNA synthesis is unimpaired
What are the types of normocytic, normochromic anemia?
Are classified as non-hemolytic or hemolytic
Caused by:
Intravasular hemolysis
Extravasculat hemolysis
What are findings of intravascular hemolysis?
Decreased haptoglibun Increased LDG schistocytes Increased reticulocytes Increased unconjugated bilirubin Hemogloginuria microangiopathic anemia
What are signs of extravascular hemolysis?
Spherocytes in periphereal smear
increased LDH
No hemoglobinuria/hemosiderinuria
Increased unconjugated bilirunin (jaunedice)
What are causes of nonhemolytic, normocytic anemia?
Anemia of chronic disease
Aplastic anemia
What are the signs the signs of Anemia of chronic disease?
Inflammation (increased hepcidin), decreased iron absorption
findings: decreased iron, decreased TIBC, icnreased ferrtiin
Treatment: EPO
What are causes of aplastic anemia?
Radiation, drugs
Viral agens (B19, EBV, HIV)
Fanconi anemia
Idiopathic
What are lab findings of aplastic anemia?
Decreased reticulocyte count
Pancytopenia
Fatigue, malaise, pallor, purpura,
TreatmentL withdraw the agent, immunosuppression regimes, RBC/platelet tranfusion, bone marrow stimulation with GM-CSF
What are causes of intrinsic hemolytic anemia?
Hereditery spherocytosis G6PD Pyruvate deficiency HbC disease Paroxymal nocturnal hemoglobinuria Sickle cell anemia
What are characteristics of hereditery spherecytosis?
Extravascular hemolysis
Small RBC with less surface area
Premature removal by splee
Spleenomegaly and aplastic crisis
Lab: osmotic fragility test +
Treatment: spleenectomy
What are characteristic of G6PD?
Causes intra and extravascular hemolysis
X-linked recessive
Will have hemolytic anemia following oxident stress (sulfa, anti-maleria, infections)
What are the lab values? Heinz bodies,
What are HbC disease?
Homozygots will have hemoglobin crystals inside the RBC
What is the paradoxymal nocturnal hemoglobinuria?
Complement mediated RBC lysis
Increased incidence of leukemia
Clinical: Coombs negative hemolytic anemia, pancytopenia, venous thrombosis
Treatment: eculizumab terminal complement inhibition
What are the characteristics of sickle cell anemia?
Point mutation with B chain substitute
At low O2, high altitude or acidosis can cause anemia and vaso-occlusive disease
Newborns are initially symptomatic because HBF is decresed and HBS is decreased
What are the complications of sickle cell disease?
Aplastic crisis Autosplenectomy Splenic infarct salmonella Painful crisis Renal papillary necorsis
What trait to hetrozygotes for sickle cell anemia have?
They tend to be resistant to maleria
What are the types of extrinsic suckle cell anemia?
Warm IgG (chronic seen in SLE, and CLL): usually Coombs test +
Cold IgM and complement: anemia triggered by cold seen in CLL (findings: direct coombs test anti-Ig antibody
Can be seen in mycoplasma pneumonia infections