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leukemia/lymphomas Flashcards

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Leukemia

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condition of white cell - heme malignancies, mostly in bone marrow/blood

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Lymphoma

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heme malignancy - from lymphocytes/precursors - manifest as solid mass

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Extramedullary myleoid tumor/granulocytic sarcoma

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Myeloid cells/precursors –> solid mass

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Acute leukemia

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Hematopoietic neoplasm
rapidly progressive
takes over marrow 
low pancytopenia
rapidly fatal
Blocked in maturation
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Acute leukemia presents with:

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low platelets – bleeding, bruises, hemorrhagic stroke
low neutrophils – fever, infections, malaise
low RBC – fatigue

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Chronic Leukemia

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CLL/CML
Increased WBC/accumulation of normal mature blood cells
insidious onset - no symptoms
Eventually can risk transformation

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High grade lymphoma

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rapidly enlarging mass

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high grade leukemia

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acute leukemia

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Most common chromosomal abnormality

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balanced translocation

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Oncogenic viruses (3)

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Epstein Barr (EBV)
Human T cell leukemia virus 1
Kaposi sarcoma herpes virus/Human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV-8)

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Predisposing conditions hematologic malignancies

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Primary/acquired immunodeficiency
INherited genomic instability
Ionizing radiation
Chemotherapies

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myeloid

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granulocytic, monocyte, erythroid, megakaryocytic, mast cell

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Lymphoid

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B, T, NK cell

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“other cells” includes

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histiocytes, dendritic cells, langerhans cells

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Multiparameter classification systems

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Microscopic
histological growths
specific cytogenetic finidng/molecular finding
relative amount of mal. cell in blood
cell surface/cytoplasmic/nuclear markers
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Block in maturation - accumulation of immature cell in marrow = ______________

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acute leukemia

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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

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Marrow over taken by neoplastic clone –> cannot make normal effect blood in 1+ myeloid lineage

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Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN)

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marrow overtaken by neoplastic clone - makes too many (normal) cell of one or more lineage

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Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma (CHL)

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HRS cells (derived from B cell)

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)

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malignancies of mature lymphocytes - includes CHL and plasma cells
(B, T/NK cells)

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Plasma cell neoplasm

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MGUS, placmacytoma, multiple myeloma

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