MODULE 6 UNIT 2: WHITE BLOOD CELL ANOMALIES Flashcards
Owing to the fact that white blood cells are a heterogenous population, anomalies of white blood cells can be classified according to the
type of cell, cell parts affected and function
A. NUCLEAR ABNORMALITIES
- Hyposegmentation
- Hypersegmentation
Barr body (Sex chromatin)
B. CYTOPLASMIC ABNORMALITIES
- Alder-Reilly Bodies
- Auer Rods
- Chediak-Higashi granules
- Dohle Bodies
- Toxic granules
- Toxic vacuoles
C. ABNORMALITIES OF CELLS EXHIBITING PHAGOCYTOSIS
- LE cell
- Tart Cell
D. FUNCTION ABNORMALITIES
- Job syndrome
- Lazy Leukocyte Syndrome
- Chronic granulomatous disease
- Leukocyte Adhesion Disorder- I (LAD-I)
E. ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LYMPHOCYTES
- Atypical lymphocytes
- Basket cell/ Smudge cell
- Hairy cell
- Sezary cell
F. ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PLASMA CELLS
- Flame Cell
- Russell Bodies
- Grape Cell/ Berry Cell/ Morula Cell/ Mott Cell
- Dutcher’s Bodies
G. MONOCYTE/ MACROPHAGE LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISORDERS
Lipid Storage Diseases
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Lipid Storage Diseases
Gaucher Disease
NiemannPick Disease
Fabry Disease
Tay-Sachs disease
Sandhoff disease
Sea Blue Histiocytes
Mucopolysaccharidosis
MPS I- Severe
MPS I- Attenuated
MPS II
MPS III
MPS IV
benign anomaly of neutrophils
Hyposegmentation
nucleus fails to segment properly
Hyposegmentation
bilobed nuclei
Hyposegmentation
o Dumbbell-shaped
o Spectacle-shaped
o Peanut-shaped
Hyposegmentation
o “Pince-nez”
Hyposegmentation
abnormality in the maturation of the neutrophils (abnormality in DNA synthesis)
Hypersegmentation
6 or more lobed nucleus
Hypersegmentation
o seen in the nuclear material
Appendage
o represents the second X chromosome in females o may be seen in 2-3% of neutrophils in females
Appendage
o NOT FOUND IN NORMAL MALES
Barr body
o a small, well-defined, round projection of nuclear chromatin
Barr body
o connected to the nucleus of the neutrophil by a single, fine strand of chromatin
Barr body
large purple-black coarse cytoplasmic granules
Alder-Reilly Bodies
accumulations of degraded mucopolysaccharides
Alder-Reilly Bodies
may be found in all leukocytes in cases of its diseases
Alder-Reilly Bodies
may resemble toxic granules
Alder-Reilly Bodies
used to differentiate Alder-Reilly Bodies
o Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (CTAB) Test
occurrence of white turbidity
Alder-Reilly Bodies
pink or red rod-shaped cytoplasmic structures
Auer Rods
formed from the fusion of primary granules
Auer Rods
normally found in the younger myeloid precursors
Auer Rods
When seen in mature cells, they are associated with AML or AMML
Auer Rods
giant red, blue to grayish round inclusions
Chediak-Higashi granules
deficient in enzymes for phagocytosis
Chediak-Higashi granules
giant lysosomal granules
o lymphocyte
o Neutrophil
o monocyte
Chediak-Higashi granules
peroxidase (+) Sudan Black B (+)
Chediak-Higashi granules
Amato Bodies
Dohle Bodies
single or multiple blue cytoplasmic inclusions in the neutrophil
Dohle Bodies
aggregates of free ribosomes or rough endoplasmic reticulum
Dohle Bodies
often confused with May-Hegglin anomaly
Dohle Bodies
leukocyte inclusions are composed of precipitated myosin heavy chains
Dohle Bodies
large purple to black azurophilic granules
Toxic granules
thought to be primary granules
Toxic granules
often present with Dohle bodies and toxic vacuoles
Toxic granules