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a disease, usually of leukocytes, in the blood and bone marrow

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LEUKEMIA

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Symptoms of short duration
Many immature cell forms in the bone marrow and/or peripheral blood
Elevated total leukocyte count

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Acute Leukemia

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Symptoms of long duration
Mostly mature cell forms in the bone marrow and/or peripheral blood
Total leukocyte counts that range from extremely elevated to lower than normal.

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Chronic Leukemia

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is a general term for malignancy that starts in the lymph system, mainly in the lymph nodes.

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LYMPHOMAS

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Proliferation of malignant lymphocytes which have a basophilic vacuolated cytoplasm with starry sky pattern due to numerous tangible body macrophage that are arrested at certain stages of maturation

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HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

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presence of Reed Sternberg cell (large binucleated or multinucleated cell resembles owl’s eye appearance with each nucleus bearing a very large nucleolus.

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HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

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NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

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Reed-Sternberg is absent but mixed population of lymphocytes, histiocytes, eosinophils and some plasma cells are present.

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NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

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is a form of cancer of the plasma cells.

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MYELOMAS

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cells overgrows, forming a mass or tumor that is located in the bone marrow.

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MYELOMAS

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Malignant cells freely trespass the blood brain barrier

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Leukemias

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Malignant cells are initially confined to the organs containing mononuclear phagocyte cells such as the lymph nodes, spleen, liver, and bone marrow.

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Lymphomas

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Plasma cells form a mass or tumor that is located in the bone marrow.

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Myelomas

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________ can spill over into the circulating blood and present a _____ appearing picture on a peripheral blood smear.

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lymphomas

leukemic

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three broad leukocytes groups according to FAB

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  1. Myelogenous
  2. Monocytic
  3. Lymphocytic
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Classification of WHO is based on

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morphology with immunophenotyping and genetic studies of peripheral blood, bone marrow, and lymph node samples.

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ACUTE LEUKEMIAS have _______ and total leukocyte count is __________ or normal or decreased leukocyte count

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anemia

usually elevated

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remains a lethal disorder, which kills the majority of afflicted adults.

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AML

ANLL

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most common leukemia subtype

recognized as a heterogenous clonal disorder

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ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

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characterized by:
Maturation block and the accumulation of acquired somatic genetic alterations in hematopoietic progenitor cells that alter normal mechanisms of self- renewal, proliferation, and differentiation.

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ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

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Undifferentiated blasts, AML— not otherwise categorized

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M0

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Blasts and promyelocytes predominate without further maturation of myeloid cells
WHO synonym for this condition is acute myeloblastic leukemia without maturation.

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M1 (myeloid)

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Myeloid cells demonstrate maturation beyond the blast and promyelocyte stage
WHO synonym for this disease is acute myeloblastic leukemia with maturation.

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M2 (myeloid)

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Promyelocytes predominate in the bone marrow

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M3 (promyelocytic)

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Both myeloid and monocytic cells are present to the extent of at least 20% of the total leukocytes
M4 (myelomonocytic)
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referred to as Naegeli type monocytic leukemia.
M4 (myelomonocytic)
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WHO synonym is acute myelomonocytic leukemia
M4 (myelomonocytic)
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characterized by large blasts in bone marrow and peripheral blood
FAB M5a
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FAB M5a is common in
young adults
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differentiated type by monoblasts, promonocytes, and monocytes
FAB M5b
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FAB M5b is common in
middle age
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M5 (monocytic) is referred to as
SCHILLING'S TYPE
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M6 (erythroleukemia) referred to as
Erythemic Myelosis | Di Guglielmo syndrome
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Abnormal proliferation of both erythroid and granulocytic precursors; may include abnormal megakaryocytic and monocytic proliferations
M6 (erythroleukemia)
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Large and small megakaryoblasts with a high nuclear cytoplasmic ratio; pale, agranular cytoplasm
M7 (megakaryocytic)
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WHO synonym is acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
M7 (megakaryocytic)
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ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (WHO CLASSIFICATION)
ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA WITH CERTAIN GENETIC ABNORMALITIES not otherwise specified ambiguous lineage
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ALL is the most common cancer in children, representing 23% of cancer diagnoses among children younger than 15 years of age
ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
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Small Indistinct Scant Invisible | what fab type
L1
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``` Large, heterogeneous Indented, prominent Large, abundant Moderately clefted What fab type ```
L2
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``` Large Regular oval to round Prominent, basophilic Prominent, vacuoles What fab type ```
L3
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neoplasm of lymphoblasts committed to the B-cell lineage
Precursor B lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (precursor B-cell ALL)
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neoplasm of lymphoblasts committed to the T-cell lineage.
Precursor T lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoblastic lymphoma (precursor T-cell ALL)
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One population of cells within the case; small cells predominant; nuclear shape is regular with an occasional cleft; chromatin pattern is homogeneous and nucleoli are rarely visible; cytoplasm is moderately basophilic
L1 (homogeneous)
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Large cells with an irregular nuclear shape; clefts in the nucleus are common; one or more large nucleoli are visible; cytoplasm varies in color
L2 (heterogeneous)
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Cells are large and homogeneous in size; nuclear shape is round or oval; one to three prominent nucleoli; cytoplasm is deeply basophilic with vacuoles often prominent
L3 (Burkitt lymphoma type)
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CLINICAL SIGNS & SYMPTOMS of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Pain in lower extremities Lymphadenopathy Hepatomegaly Leukemic meningitis
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These signs of acute lymphoblastic leukemia are present in 75% of patients.
Lymphadenopathy | hepatomegaly
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Total leukocyte count in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
elevated, 50 to 100 × 109/L
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< 15% of patients exhibits ________ in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
extreme leukocytosis | TL > 100 × 109/L
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Approx. 25% of patients exhibits __________ in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
leukocytopenia
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In the peripheral blood smear of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, there is a predominant in
blast cells
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in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, peripheral blood smear contains
lymphoblasts lymphocytes smudge cells

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