Hematology - From Slides Flashcards
How many red blood cells I have in the body?
Use
Volume and Normal RBC Count
Volume: 5L
RBC Normal Count: 5 T/L or milion per microliter
5x5x10^12 = 25 x10^12
What is the number of RBC lost in a day? hour? second?
Normal amount in the body: 25 x10^12
RBC Lifespan:120 days
(*Therefore this the amount produced as well)
Day: 25 x10^12 / 120 = 2 x 10^11 / day
Hour: 2 x 10^11 / 24 = 10^10 /hr
Second: 10^10/ 3,600 = 3x10^6 /s
What is the number of WBC lost in a day? hour? second? Relative to RBC
What is the number of Platlets lost in a day? hour? second? Relative to RBC
Number is not nesscesery!
How is it possible?
Similar to RBC!
RBC lifespan is higher, Accumulate more but the turnover is the same - Equilibrium!
Two ways of checking the bone marrow?
Location and Aim
- Bone Marrow Aspiration - Sternum, Static Check
- Bone Marrow Biopsy - Crista Ilia, Function Check
What is the differential blood count of WBCs?
Neutrophills - 45-70%
Monocytes - 2-8%
Eosinophills - 0-4%
Lymphocytes - 25-45%
Basophills - 0-2%
What is the Normal WBC blood count?
4-10 G/L
What is the Normal PLT blood count?
150-400 G/L
“Tornochi Principle” - As cells are differentiating:
- Cell Size
- Nuclear/Cytoplasmic Ratio
- Nuclear Chromatin Density
- Basophilia of Cell
- Number of Nucleoli
- Cell Size: ↓
- Nuclear/Cytoplasmic Ratio : ↓
- Nuclear Chromatin Density: ↑
- Basophilia of Cell: ↓
- Number of Nucleoli:↓
Definition of Blast Cells:
The earliest, Non-Stem cells, precursor that is easilly recognizable with microscope.
(“Tornochi Principle”)
Granulocyte Lineage
Which cell is larger Promyelocyte or Myeloblast?
Which cell is more potent Promyelocyte or Myeloblast?
Promyelocyte - Larger
Myeloblast - More Potent
Granulocyte Lineage
Which cell has only eosinophillic kind of granules Promyelocyte or Myelocyte?
Promyelocyte - Only Eosinophillic
Myelocyte - Both kinds
Granulocyte Lineage
Which cell has a oval shape nucleus?
Which cell shows the first kidney shape nucleus?
What is the outcome of a Metamyelocyte?
Myelocyte - Oval Shape
Metamyelocyte (aka Juvenile)- first show kidney shape
Metamyelocyte turns to Band cell
Granulocyte Lineage
What is the first kind of cell that is normal to see sometimes out of the Bone Marrow?
Metamyelocyte
What is a Left Shift in Granulocyte distribution?
What are the causes?
High relative amount of Juvenile and Band cells presence in the blood.
Caused as a response to Infection or by Leukemia
What is a Right Shift in Granulocyte distribution?
What are the causes?
High relative amount of Hypersegmented Neutrophills (5 segements nucleus, Overmature) presence in the blood.
caused by suppression of bone marrow activity, as a hematological sign specific for pernicious anemia and radiation sickness.
Proerythroblasts and Erythroblasts
What is the most dominant visible change in their progression?
also called?
Pronormoblasts and Erythroblasts
Becoming more Eosinophilic
More Hb and Less DNA content as it differentiates
Erythroid lineage
What are the names of the subtypes of the normoblast progression?
Pronormoblast
↓
Basophillic Normoblast
↓
Intermediate (aka Polychromatophillic) Normoblast
↓
Eosinophilic Normoblast (aka Acidophilic/Orthochromatic)
Erythroid lineage
Eosinophilic Normoblast (aka Acidophilic/Orthochromatic) - what will be the outcome of this cell (Next step)?
and after that one..?
Reticulocyte
becomes a Mature RBC
Erythroid lineage
What types of the Erythroid lineage cells are present in:
1) The bone marrow
2) Periphery
Erythroid lineage
Bone Marrow - All cell steps
Periphery - Reticulocytes and RBCs
Erythroid lineage
What is the significance of elevated amount of Reticulocytes?
How can we recognize them?
Can tell us about over or under- production of RBCs
More oval than RBCs with network of ribosomal RNA aka Substancia Reticulofilamentosa (not by Giemsa)
Erythroid lineage
Normal Precentage of Reticulocytes
1% in Total RBC Count
but absolute measurement is more Important per individual
What is the difference in the amount of WBC and PLT to RBCs?
RBC/WBC - 10^3 (Tera to Giga)
RBC/PLT - 10 (Tera to 100 Gigas)
Anemia
What are the Major parameters to check for it?
RBC
Hb
Ht
Anemia
What is MCV?
MCV= Ht/RBC
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is a laboratory value that measures the average size and volume of a red blood cell.
Anemia
What is MCH?
MCH= Hb/RBC
The mean corpuscular hemoglobin , or “mean cell hemoglobin” (MCH), is the average mass of hemoglobin (Hb) per red blood cell (RBC) in a sample of blood.
Anemia
What is MCHC?
MCHC= MCH/MCV (actually Hb/Ht)
The mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration is a measure of the concentration of haemoglobin in a given volume of packed red blood cell.
Because normally Ht is aroud 50% the MCHC is Normally twice as the Hb.
Anemia
What are the implications of a changes of MCH and MCV in anemia?
MCH - Hyper/Normo/Hypo-Chromatic Anemia
MCV - Micro/Normo/Macro-Cytic Anemia
What is the key findings in Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA)?
Microcytic - MCV↓
Hypochromic - MCH↓
(MCHC is low)
What is the key findings in Megaloblastic Anemia (Normally from B12/Folate Deficiency)?
Macrocytic - MCV↑
Hyperchromic - MCH↑
(MCHC is Normal)
Anemia
What is the absolute measurment value of anisocytosis?
RDW - Red cell Distribution Width
RDW=MCV/Standard Deviation
Anemia - Tests Significance
Se LDH
Se Bi (Indirect)
Se Haptoglobulin
Coombs Test
LDH and Bi - (Uncojugated) ↑ - Hemolytic
Coombs Test - Autoantibodies
What is the Reticulocyte Index?
_RI = [Reticulocyte(%) * Ht] / [Correction Factor *Norm Ht]_
-The correction factor is based on the abillity of the Bone marrow to release the reticulocytes depending on the Severity of anemia by the Ht.
RBC with Basophilic Stippling
What does this indicate?
Lead Poisning
RBC - Eliptocytes
What does this indicate?
Megaloblastic Anemia
RBC - Schistocytes
What does this indicate?
Fibrin Fibrills in the blood stream
RBC - Howell Jolly Bodies
What does this indicate?
Megaloblastic Anemia or Splenectomy