Leukemia Flashcards
which can manifest clinically over weeks to months
- AML - ALL
median age of diagnosis for CLL
- 72
acute DIC and coagulopathy most commonly seen in
- APL
ALL most commonly of which cell line
- B cell
CD 19 and early 20s are which cell?
- B cell
clinical manifestation of ALL
- tumor lysis syndrome - lymph node involvement - mediastinal mass - CNS involvement - testicular involvement in males
stage 4 of Rai classification
- lymphocytosis - thrombocytopenia
treatment related AML mostly due to
- radiation therapy - chemo
morphology of the cells in CML
- heterogenous
prognosis of high white blood count in ALL (good/bad)
- bad
risk factors for ALL
- prior radiation - prior chemo - familial syndromes
what kind of disorder is CML classified as
- myeloproliferative
median survival of stage 2
- 6 years
lab findings for CLL
- leukocytosis - lymphocytosis - hypogammaglobulinemia - smudge cells
leukemias have what kind of involvement
- significant peripheral blood and bone marrow involvement
CD 13 is which cell?
- granulocyte
treatment of APL
- all-trans retinoic acid (ALTRA) - induction chemo
which chromosome is the Philadelphia chromosome?
- t(9;22) - 22 BCR/ABL is Ph
prognosis of (4;11) in what condition?
What is the prognosis?
- ALL
- poor
morphology of cells in ALL
- homogenous lymphoblasts
which cell line of ALL has the worst prognosis
- T cell
what test do you do after CML is identified?
- quantitative PCR for the bcr/abl transcript
importance of malignant cells in chronic phase of CML
- maintain ability to differentiate
stage 0 of Rai classification
- lymphocytosis only
bone marrow aspirate for ALL
- large cells - open chromatin - prominent nucleoli
prognosis of t(12;21) in ALL (good/bad)
- good
JUST THINK THAT 12;21 IS HAPPY NUMBER BECAUSE IT GOES THE SAME WAY FORWARDS AS BACKWARDS
prognosis of hyperdiploidy in ALL (good/bad)
- good
Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor of choice
- imatinib
blast crisis can lead to
- AML - ALL
which is the most common adult leukemia
- CLL
prognosis of >10 years of age in ALL (good/bad)
- bad
forward scatter in flow cytometry separates based on
- size
bone marrow aspirate of CLL
- variable involvement - loss of heterogeneity
t(15;17) in cytogenetics with AML (good/bad)
- good
typical pattern on flow cytometry for CLL
- mature B cell phenotype with CD5 and CD23 - light chain restricted
AML is a malignancy of
- committed myeloid progenitor cell
treatment of CLL
- not a curable diseases - treat only if symptoms present
prognosis of hypodiploidy in ALL (good/bad)
- bad
common lab finding of CML
- leukocytosis - neutrophilia - basophilia - eosinophilia
pathogenesis of CML
- Philadelphia chromosome
stage 2 of Rai classification
- lymphocytosis - splenomegaly
what is the most frequent molecular abnormality in AML
- FLT3
being older and being diagnosed with AML (good/bad)
- bad
what genetic abnormality is most seen in APL
- t(15;17) PML/RARa
which are composed of lymphoid origin
- ALL - CLL
CD 33 is which cell?
- myeloid
t(9;22) in ALL
- bad but does not independently drive disease
treatment related AML (good/bad)
- bad
clonality of AML
- clonal expansion of myeloid blasts
which are composed of myeloid origin
- AML - CML
CLL is an incidental lab finding in what percentage of cases
- 20%
petechiae are present in
- AML - ALL
CD 1-8 is which cell?
- T cell
result of the Philadelphia chromosome
- fusion protein with constitutive tyrosine kinase activity
what is the acute presentation of ALL in teens?
- mediastinal or soft tissue mass
therapeutic options for CML
- Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors - allogenic stem cell transplantation
morphology of the cells in CLL
- homogenous mature lymphocytes - smudge cells on smear
stage 1 of Rai classification
- lymphocytosis - lymphadenopathy
morphology of cells in AML
- homogenous myeloblasts - Auer rod
CML tends to choose which pathway
- myeloid
side scatter in flow cytometry separates based on
- complexity
CD 15 is which cell?
- granulocytic
ALTRA moa
- differentiating agent
markers for ALL
- CD19 - CD10 - TdT - no surface light chain
- which can manifest clinically over months to years
- CLL - CML
is AML curable
- yes
deletions of chromosomes 5 and 7 in AML (good/bad)
- bad
mediastinal or soft tissue mass presents in which cell line
- T cell
which is the most common cancer in children
- ALL
prognosis of <1 year of age in ALL (good/bad)
- bad
in ALL malignant cells lose
- ability to differentiate
ALL is a malignancy of
- committed lymphoid progenitor cell - pre-T or pre-B
low CD numbers are which cell?
- T cell
prognosis of t(9;22) in ALL (good/bad)
- bad
what is the median age of diagnosis of ALL
- 11
CLL stands for
- chronic lymphocytic leukemia
what percent of CML patients are asymptomatic
- 20-40%
bone marrow biopsy of AML
- monotonous population of mononuclear cells
in AML, malignant cells lose
- the ability to differentiate
prognosis of abnormal(11q23) in ALL
- bad
CML stands for
- chronic myelogenous leukemia
median survival of stage 1
- 8 years
stage 3 of Rai classification
- lymphocytosis - anemia
leukemias are diagnosed according to
- prominent cell type involved - stage of maturation
CD 34 is which cell?
- stem cell
- blast cell
median survival of stage 3
- 3 years
peripheral blood in CML
- numerous immature granulocytes - increased basophils
CLL is a malignancy of
- mature B cells
definition of leukemias
- neoplasms of hematopoietic cells
what is an Aeur rod
- pink needle in the cell
best screening test for CML
- fish
AML arising from history of MDS or myeloproliferative disorder (good/bad)
- bad
what condition is also common in CLL
- autoimmune hemolytic anemia
immunophenotyping
- identifying phenotype using fluorescently labelled antibodies
treatment for AML
- 7 days cytarabine - 3 days daunorubicin, idarubicin
bone marrow aspirate in CML
- hypercellular - increased M:E
median survival of stage 0
- > 15 years
familial syndromes seen in what condition?
what are these syndromes?
- ALL
- down syndrome - neurofibromatosis - bloom syndrome - ataxia telangiectasia
median survival of stage 4
- 2 years
% of bone marrow blasts in AML
- >20%
CD 14 is which cell?
- monocytic