Lecture 2 (hem/on)-Exam 1 Flashcards
What is hematopoiesis?
Normal cells can transform into malignant cells at any point in this process
- What are the 5 main categories of hematological malignancies?
- What is the gold standard?
Acute Leukemias
* Aggressive malignancies characterized by what?
* What are the labs?
* What are the sxs?
What is this?
Auer rods
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
* What are the risk factors?
* What is diagnostics?
* What is pathognomonic?
* What is the txt?
Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL)
* Most common what?
* Sxs as AML, except what?
* What is diagnostic?
* What lineage?
* As with AML, treatment is what?
- What is does the CSF?
- What is ommaya reservoir?
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
* Malignacy of what?
* What is average onset?
* What is sxs?
* What is it caused by?
- Malignancy of mature granulocytes
- Average onset 55-65 years old with mean WBC count of 150,000
- Signs/symptoms: asymptomatic vs fatigue, low grade fever, splenomegaly
- Caused by a translocation between chromosomes 9 & 22, t (9,22)- the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome or BCR-ABL gene
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
* How do you dx?
* What is txt?
- Bone marrow biopsy with left shift/granulocytosis, blasts <20%, & BCR-ABL mutation
- Treatment: oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which inhibit the bcr-abl oncogene, ie imatinib (Gleevec®) & dasatinib-> inhibts philadelphia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)
* Malignancy of what?
* Average age?
* What is sxs?
- Malignancy of mature lymphoid cells
- Average onset 70 years with mean WBC >20,000- predominantly lymphocytes
- Signs/symptoms: Asymptomatic vs fatigue, splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, hemolytic anemia, ITP
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL/SLL)
* what is dx?
* What is txt?
- Diagnosed by peripheral blood flow cytometry, bone marrow biopsy, or lymph node biopsy. Smudge cells on peripheral blood smear.
- Therapy: Observation vs Bruton’s TKIs (ie ibrutinib), monoclonal antibodies, chemotherapy (purine analogs, alkylating agents)
What is this?
smudge cells in CLL
Lymphomas
* Malignacies of what?
* What types?
* sxs?
- Malignancies of mature lymphocytes in lymph tissue
- Hodgkin’s vs Non-Hodgkin’s
- Signs/symptoms: lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, and “B” symptoms (fevers, drenching night sweats, unintentional weight loss >10% in 6 months)
Lymphomas
* What are labs?
* some types are associated with what?
* What is needed for dx?
- Labs: Lymphocytosis, anemia, thrombocytopenia, LDH elevation, & hypercalcemia
- Some types are associated with viruses like EBV or HIV
- Tissue biopsy required to confirm diagnosis
PET/CT scan will show what in lymphoma?
When to suspect lymphoma:
* What is the difference in lymphoma and benign?
What is this?
Lymphoma
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
* Type of B-cell lymphoma with what?
* Peak age?
* Predom what?
* Presents with what?
* What staging system?
* What is the txt?
What is this?
Reed sternberg cell
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
* More or less common?
* What are examples?
* What is the staging system?
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
* what is the txt?
Multiple Myeloma
* What is it?
* What is the median age?
* What are the sxs?
- Malignancy of plasma cells, mature B cells that produce immunoglobulins (antibodies)
- Median age at diagnosis is 67 years
- Signs/symptoms: CRAB criteria, Calcium, Renal insufficiency, Anemia, & Bone lesions
Multiple Myeloma
* Dx?
* What staging system?
* What is the txt?
- Diagnosed by bone marrow biopsy & M-spike in serum or urine; Rouleaux formation on peripheral blood smear
- Durie-Salmon or International Staging System
- Treated with chemotherapy +/- bone marrow transplant +/- palliative radiation or kyphoplasty. CAR-T cell therapy in some cases.
What does this show?
Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia
* What is it?
* Median age?
* What are the sxs?
* What is the txt?
Amyloidosis
* What is type of disorder?
* What are the signs?
* Dx?
* What is the txt?
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
* What type of disease?
* More common in who?
* What types of forms?
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
* What are the labs?
* What are the sxs?
* What are the dx?
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
* What is the staging system?
* What are the types?
* Can evolve into what?
* What is the txt?
Myeloproliferative Disorder/Neoplasm
* Group of what?
* Associated with what?
* May evolve into waht?
* What is the hallmark PE finidng?
* With exception of primary myelofibrosis, presents as elevated what?
* How do you dx?
Polycythemia Vera
* Disorder of what?
* What are the sxs?
* What are the labs?
* What do you need to rule out?
* What is the txt?
Essential thrombocythemia
* What is this?
* What are the labs?
* What do you need to rule out?
* What are the sxs?
* What is the txt?
Primary Myelofibrosis
* disorder of what?
* Gender? Age?
* Sxs?
* What are the labs?
* What is the txt?
What does this show?
Primary myelofibrosis
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms
- Myelodysplastic syndrome is a disorder of underproduction
- Myeloproliferative neoplasms are disorders of overproduction
Summary:
* Hematological malignancies and related disorders may present with what?
* A peripheral blood smear may reveal what?
* Lymphomas present with what?
* Acute leukemias present with what?
* Multiple myeloma presents with what?
* what are are often found incidentally on routine CBC?
* What is needed to rule in/out a hematological malignancy ?
What is cancer?
Cluster of diseases caused by genetic changes & result in unrestrained cellular growth
What are the 6 hallmarks of cancer?
- Resisting apoptosis/cell death
- Sustaining proliferative signaling
- Evading growth suppressors (immune system)-> evade immune system
- Activating invasion and metastasis
- Enabling replicative immortality
- Inducing angiogenesis->
“Cancer” probably from Greek word for crab
Multi step process of discrete tissue and cellular changes
* Include mutations of what (2)
- Oncogenes, genes which increase growth when mutated or upregulated (growth of cancer), like K-RAS
- Tumor suppressor genes, like P53
Inflam ex IBD: higher risk of malignancy
Examples of pre-malignant lesions:
* Skin:
* Colonic mucosa:
* Breast tissue:
* Cervical tissue:
* Bone marrow:
- Skin: actinic keratoses
- Colonic mucosa: adenomatous polyps
- Breast tissue: ductal papillomas
- Cervical tissue: dysplasia
- Bone marrow: MDS
What is the process of this
* Colorectal cancer:
* Pancreatic ductual adenocarcinoma:
Tumor Terminology:
* Tumor:
* Neoplasm:
* Carcinoma:
* Sarcoma:
* Carcinogenic:
* Cancer:
- Tumor: swelling or growth
- Neoplasm: new growth, focal, non-functional
- Carcinoma: cancer of epithelial origin
- Sarcoma: cancer of mesenchymal origin
- Carcinogenic: tendency to cause cancer
- Cancer “in situ”: malignant, contained epithelial tumor