Hematopath II Flashcards
What is the majority of lymphocytes in the blood?
T-cells
Where to T-cells reside?
Paracortical areas of lymph nodes
What resides int eh periarteriolar lymphoid sheets of spleen?
T cells
What is the function of T cells?
To participate in cell mediated immunity
Regulate B cells
Where to B cells reside?
Cortex and lymphoid follicles of lymph nodes
What forms the white pulp of the spleen?
B cells
What is in the Peyer’s patches in mucosa of GI?
B cells
What may cause lymphadenitis or lymphocytosis?
When B or T cells are exposed to antigens, THEY will have a more prominent nucleoli
What do lymphomas, leukemias, and multiple myeloma have in common?
They are monoclonal proliferations
Where can lymphomas originate from?
Lymph nodes or in lymphoid tissue presented in other organs
What are characteristics of lymphomas?
Low grade: 10 years survival but not curable
Intermediate and high grade are potentially curable and but are more aggressive
What are Reed-Sternberg cells and what is their importance?
They are from a background of immune cells
SIGNIFY HODGKINS LYMPHOMA
What are the most common lymphadenopathies?
Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia
infection, viral, bacterial, protozoal
What are secondary lymphoid tissues?
LN, Spleen, MALT
What happens to T cell precursors in the bone marrow?
They head to the THYMUS
What markers of B cells are seen in early precursor?
CD34
CD19
CD10
What is added/lost in pre B cell?
Added: CD 20
LOST : CD34
What is seen in mature B Cell?
CD19
CD20
CD21
CD22
What are common markers on T cells?
CD 3
CD2
What differeniates T cells?
CD 8: Cytotoxic
CD4: Helper
What is CD 34?
A myeloid and lymphoid precursor marker
What are some thymic disorders?
Thymic hyperplasia
Thymoma
Lymphomas (mainly T cell»»B cell)
What is MALT tissue of the nasooropharynx?
Waldeyer’s Ring: adenoids, tonsils
What is MALT tissue of the GI?
Peyers Patches
What is MALT tissue of the Lung?
BALT
What are M cells of MALT?
M cells are antigen uptake cells (soluble proteins to intact bacteria)
What are some disorders of MALT?
Lymphoid hyperplasia
Marginal Zone Lymphoma
Low Grade Lymphoma
Plasma cell myeloma (igA)
What are the spleens functions?
Filtration
Margination (reservoir)
Immunologic
Hematopoietic
What are disorders of the spleen?
Splenomegaly (shows systemic disease)
Reactive
Congestive (cirrhosis, CHF)
Infiltrative (deposits of cellular elements)
Hypersplenism
Hematopoetic neoplasm
What causes white pulp expansion of the spleen?
B cell lymphoma or Lymphoid hyperplasia
What causes Red pulp expansion of spleen?
COngestion or Leukemia or Autoimmune
What causes nodular lesions of the spleen?
Hodkins or DLBCL
What do centroblasts become and where do those go?
Centroblasts are divided into centrocytes that go to the light zone of the GC
What are the steps of B cell when they encounter an antigen?
Transform in Interfollicular area
Migrate to primary follicles (clonal expansion, somatic hypermutation)
Final stage: Plasma cells and memory b cell
What are TBM?
Tingible body macrophages, eat the dying or failed B cells
What markers to memory cells have?
CD27, IgD
What is the difference between lymphadenitis or lymphadenopathy?
Lymphadenitis is a reaction to infection/drugs
Lymphadenopathy is unknown cause
What types of reactive lymphoid hyperplasia be?
Follicular, Diffuse, SInus, Granulomatous
What is a critical features of RLH?
Freely movable enlargement
What are the immunophenotype of Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia?
Has CD20, CD10, bcl-6
Does NOT HAVE bcl-2
What may be seen in atypical lymphoid hyperplasia?
Large coalescing germinal centers
What may be seen in atypical lymphoid hyperplasia?
Large coalescing germinal centers
What is the most important feature distinguishing RLH?
BCL-2 NEG
HAS TBM
RLH is most common in which group?
Children
Tender, soft, freely movable
Polarized follicles
High mitotic activity
What is the pattern seen in infection mononucleosis?
MIxed pattern (diffuse and follicular)
What can you seen sometimes in EBV infection?
Necrosis
REED STERNBERG like cells