Leukemias/lymphomas Flashcards
Mantle cell lymphoma demo?
Older males (like Micky Mantle)
Age of onset for most chronic leukemias?
Older adults
CD markers in CLL/SLL?
CD5 (T cell marker, though not a T cell), CD20 (B cell marker), CD23 (not expressed in mantle cell lymphoma)
What disease?
Primary Myelofibrosis
+ Reticulin stain in bone marrow shows fibrosis
All myeloproliferative disorders can (uncommonly) progress to what cancer?
Acute leukemia
ALL age group?
T-ALL sex?
Children
Males
What disease?
Myelodysplastic syndrome (pre-leukemic, predisposes to AML)
What stain is this?
What dz a/w?
Alpha-naphtyl butyrate esterase
+ AML
What disease?
Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Compare/contrast HL vs NHL
What disease?
Follicular lymphoma (spleen)
What disease?
Essential thrombocytosis
Increased large abnormal megakaryocytes and peripheral blood smear shows abnormally large platelets
Translocation in Burkitt lymphoma?
- MYC is located on chromosome 8 and translocated to immunoglobulin heavy chain locus IGH, t(8;14), or light chain loci
What disease?
Primary myelofibrosis
Note the teardrop cells in different directions
What disease?
Follicular lymphoma
Most common adult leukemia in western world?
CLL/SLL
What 3 mutations drive (primary) myelofibrosis?
JAK2 mutations (50% to 60% of cases), CALR mutations (30-40% of cases), and MPL mutations (1% to 5% of cases)
What can CLL/SLL progress to?
Some patients transform to a higher grade process: Prolymphocytic leukemia or diffuse large cell lymphoma (Richter syndrome or transformation)
What c’some # abnormalities are seen in myeldysplastic syndrome?
Chromosomes 5 & 7
What dz?
CML
Increased PMNs, PMN-precursors (also would see basophilia, thrombocytosis)
CD markers for AML?
CD13, CD33, CD117 tells you it is myeloid, CD34 tells you it’s immature
What disease?
CLL/SLL
Note clumped chromatin w/scant cytoplasm in cells w/large nucleus
Smudged cells are seen in CLL because the cells are more fragile, so they burst when you make the smear (artifact)
Translocation on follicular lymphoma?
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t(14;18) [BCL2/IGH fusion]
- causing BCL2 over-amplification (anti-apoptotic)
What disease?
Hairy cell leukemia
What disease?
Follicular lymphoma
•Two types of cells are seen: Small cells with cleaved or irregular nuclei (centrocytes) and larger cells with open nuclear chromatin and several nucleoli (centroblasts)
What disease?
Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma (outlier)
Popcorn cells, or L&H variant of RS cells (smaller nucleoli)