Lymphoma Flashcards
General B symptoms
Weight loss
Fever
Night sweats
Types of low-grade/indolent NHL
Follicular lymphoma
Mantle cell lymphoma
Marginal zone lymphoma
Small lymphocytic lymphoma
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
Most common low-grade NHL
Follicular lymphoma
Types of high-grade/aggressive NHL
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Burkitt lymphoma
Peripheral T cell lymphoma
Most common high-grade NHL
DCBCL
Cell of origin of follicular lymphoma
Germinal center B cells
Prognosis of follicular lymphoma
Incurable, median survival of 7-9 years
Treatment of follicular lymphoma
Cytotoxic drugs
anti-CD20 antibody (rituximab)
Translocation associated with follicular lymphoma
t(14;18)
IGH;BCL2
Lymph node biopsy characteristics in follicular lymphoma
Nodular growth pattern
Centrocytes and centroblasts
Characteristics of centrocytes
Small cells with angular cleaved nuclei
Characteristics of centroblasts
Larger cells with open chromatin, several nucleoli, and modest cytoplasm
Indicated by a higher number of centroblastic cells in follicular lymphoma
More aggressive course
Immunophenotype in follicular lymphoma cells
CD19+
CD20+
CD10+
BCL2+ –> in most cases
Cancer that arises in lymph nodes, spleen, and extra-nodal tissues
Marginal zone lymphoma
Lymphoepithelial lesions description and associated cancer
Homing of malignant B cells to the epithelium
Marginal zone lymphoma
Beginning of marginal zone lymphoma and its cells of origin
Polyclonal immune reaction - chronic inflammation
Memory B cells
Cells of origin of mantle cell lymphoma
Naive B cell in mantle zone in men over 50
Histologic characteristics of mantle cell lymphoma
Vaguely nodular or diffuse pattern
Commonly involves bone marrow
Immunophenotyping of mantle cell lymphoma
CD20+
CD19+
CD5+
sIgM
IgD
Cyclin D1
Translocation associated with mantle cell lymphoma
t(11;14)
cyclin D;IgH
Clinical presentation of DCBCL
Rapidly enlarging mass at nodal or extra-nodal site
Most common nodal site is Waldeyer ring
Most common extra-nodal site is GI tract
Infrequently involves spleen or bone marrow
Genetic mutations associated with DCBCL
Dysregulation of BCL6
t(14;18) with overexpression of BCL2
MYC mutation
Cell types in DCBCL microscopy
Large cells
Centroblasts
Immunoblasts
Multinucleated giant cells and highly anaplastic cells
Characteristics of immunoblasts
Vesicular nucleus
Single, central, prominent nucleus
Abundant basophilic cytoplasm
Immunophenotyping of DCBCL
CD19+
CD20+
Variable germinal center B cell markers: BCL6, CD10, BCL2
General treatment of DCBCL
Intensive chemotherapy regimens
Stem cell transplant in relapse
Special types of DCBCL
Immunodeficiency associated large B cell lymphoma
Primary effusion lymphoma
Mediastinal B cell lymphoma
Associated characteristics of immunodeficiency associated large B cell lymphoma
Advanced HIV
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
Associated with EBV infection
HHV-4
EBV
Associated characteristics of primary effusion lymphoma
Affects pleural cavity, peritoneum, and/or pericardium
Kaposi sarcoma
Immunosuppressed pts
HHV-8
Karposi sarcoma/KSHV
Associated characteristics of mediastinal B cell lymphoma
More common in young women
Spreads to abdominal viscera and/or CNS