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Hematolymphoid Flashcards

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Lymphoid tissue

Location; role

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  • Located in the lymphoid tissue and blood (lymphocytes)
  • Primary (BM & thymus) vs secondary (lymph node, spleen, MALT)
  • Role: Adaptive immunity
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Myeloid tissue

Location; role

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Location:
- Bone marrow (blood cell precursors)
- Blood (erythrocytes, platelets, granulocytes, monocytes)

Role: transport oxygen (RBCs), clotting (platelets), fight infection (WBCs)

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Hematopoiesis

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Different cell lines, each undergo differentiation into a committed cell type

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Lymphopoeisis

Location and types of cells

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  • B cells mature in BM
  • T cells mature in thymus
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Hematopoiesis (Fetal, infant, adult)

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  • Fetal: HSCs in yolk sac migrate to liver, BM, spleen, LNs and thymus
  • Infant: Extramedullary hematopoiesis stops
  • Adult: Hematopoiesis occurs in flat bones, ribs, vertebrae, and end of long bones (If BM destroyed, extramedullary hematopoiesis in spleen, liver and lymph nodes)
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Components and composition of blood

Blood quantity; components; blood measurements

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Quantity: 5L of blood

Components:
- Plasma (water, plasma proteins, solutes)
- RBCs

Measurements:
- Complete blood count (CBC): tests whether components are within normal range
- Hematocrit: ratio of packed RBC to total volume (~40-45%)

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Serum

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Plasma without coagulation proteins (blood clotting factors: fibrinogen, prothrombin, coagulation factors)

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RBC morphology

Normal

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Normal: biconcave disk (no nucleus) (abnormal: sickle cell, etc.)

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Hemoglobin

Function; structure

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Function: carries oxygen

Structure: Consists of 4 globin chains (each globulin chain has a heme containing Fe to carry oxygen; 4 polypeptide chains designatied alpha, beta, delta and gamma - normal adults mostly HbA)

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RBC life cycle

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  • Circulation for 120 days
  • Erythropoietin (growth factor) released by kidneys promotes erythropoiesis in BM and release
  • Spleen sequesters old RBCs (components reutilized or excreted)
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Anemia

Definition; assessment; etiological classification

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Definition: Reduction of total circulating red cell mass below normal limits
Assessment: Hemoglobin levels (Hb < 130 males; < 115 females)
Etiological classification: Increased loss, increased destruction, decreased production

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Anemia

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Morphological classification: RBC size (microcytic, normocytic, macrocytic) and hemoglobin content (hypochromic (pale), normochromic (normal))

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Anemia
1) Iron deficiency
2) Massive blood loss
3) Vitamin B12 and/or folic acid deficiency
4) Sickle cell

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1) Hypochromic microcytic
2) Normochromic normocytic
3) Macrocytic
4) Abnormal shape

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Anemia Etiological Classification

Increased factors

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Increased loss (bleeding): acute vs chronic

Increased destruction (hemolytic anemia):
Destruction of abnormal RBCs:
- Inherited: red cell membrane disorders, anzyme deficiencies, abnormal Hb)
- Acquired: PNH

Destruction of normal RBCs:
- Immune mediated
- Mechanical (repetitive trauma)
- Infections
- Chemical/toxic injury

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Anemia Etiological Classification

Decreased factors

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Decreased RBC production

Nutritional deficiences:
- Deficiency in Hb synthesis (iron deficiency anemia)
- Deficiency affecting DNA synthesis (vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency)

Bone Marrow failue:
- Aplastic anemia
- Infiltration of BM by malignant cells
Inherited genetic defects:
- Thalassemoa syndromes

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Anemia signs and symptoms

Why; signs; symptoms

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Due to decreased ability to carry oxygen

Signs: Pale skin, pale mucosa, brittle nails, tachycardia
Symptoms: fatigue, weakness, short of breatj, drowsiness, chest pain, unusual cravings

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Important:

Iron deficiency anemia

Where is it absorbed? incorporated? how is it stored? lost?

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  • Iron is absorbed in SI and tansported to other sites bound to transferrin
  • Iron incorporated into hemoglobin in BM
  • Iron is stored as ferritin (aggregates form hemosiderin)
  • Iron lost primarily in cell loss
  • Aging RBCs destroyed in spleen and iron is reutilized
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Iron deficiency anemia causes, lab results, treatment

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Causes: Decreased intake, decreased absorption, increased loss, increased requirements
Lab results: blood smear, hemoglobin and hematocrit low, serum iron and ferritin low
Treatement: determine/treat underlyinh cause, iron replacement

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Important

Aplastic anemia

What? Causes? Diagnosis?

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Characterized by loss of multipotent stem cell, resulting in pancytopenia (decreased RBCs, WBC, and platelets)

Causes:
- Primary (idiopathic)
- Secondary (related to BM supression): chemical agents, radiation, viral infection, inhereted

Diagnosis:
- CBC: Pancytopenia
- BM biopsy: few forming blood cells

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Important

Megaloblastic anemia

Pathogenesis; diagnosis

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Caused by deficiency of B12 vitamin or folic acid

Pathogenesis:
- Deficiencies delay normal maturation of RBCs
- RBC precursors do not mature (for megaloblasts)
- Megaloblasts destroyed in BM or spleen

Diagnosis:
- Peripheral blood smear: oval macrocytes, large segmented neutrophils
- BM biopsy: hypercellular with megaloblasts

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Megaloblastic anemia

Vitamin B12 general, absorption, deficiency

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Vitmain B12:
- Essential nutrient
- Co-enzyme required for synthesis of DNA

Absorption:
- Dietary B12 achieved from food > binds to intrinsic factor from gastric parietal cells > B12-IF complex transferred to BM

Deficiency:
- Decreased intake
- Impaired absorption (Pernicious anemia)

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Megaloblastic anemia

Pernicious anemia pathogenesis; clinical manifestations

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Pernicious anemia pathogenesis:
- Atrophic gastritis > results in decrease in gastric parietal cells > insufficient IF > B12 deficiency > megaloblastic anemia

Clinical manifestations:
- Spinal cord lesions > loss of vibration, relfexes

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Megaloblastic anemia

Folate deficiency

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Folate deficiency:
- Results in megaloblastic anemia similar characteristics to B12 deficiency

Causes folate deficiency:
- Impaired absorption
- Decreased intake
- Increased requirement

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Thalassemias

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  • Genetic defect in synthesis of normal Hb (no abnormal Hb produced or defect in quantity)
  • HbA has 4 chains: 2a, 2B (genes affected)
  • Thalassemoa classified on basis of type of chain affected (E.x. a thalassemia > defective a chain synthesis)
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Thalassemias

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a thalassemia (4 genes code):
- Single gene deletion (asymptomatic)
- 2 gene deletion (a thalassemia trait > mild anemia)
- 3 gene deletion (Hemoglobin H disease > moderate to severe anemia)
- 4 gene deletion (Hydrops fetalis > most severe

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